el cangrejo

Parsons' drawing
of 1844

From the wide subime to the narrow ridiculous.

The half moon beginning to insist for yet another month... First recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054 and expanding ever since. It was in 1731 that John Bevis first recognised the nebula which Messier rediscovered in 1758. Lord Rosse observing in 1844 with a 36" reflector at Birr castle drew it somewhat as a crab, hence...

supernova m1 the crab in taurus

700d on 250p    38x5min @ ISO800