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M27 (NGC 6853), the Dumbbell Nebula, is a magnitude 7.4 planetary nebula in the constellation of Vulpecula, and is located at a distance of only 1250 light years. It has apparent dimensions of 8 x 5.7 arc minutes. Date: Sep 29, Oct 2 2008 Location: New Ringgold PA Optics: Meade LX200R 12 inch at f/10 Mount: Paramount ME Camera: SBIG ST-8XME / CFW-8 Guiding: Orion SS Autoguider on NP101 Exposure: LRGB - Luminance: 22x5 min, R:9x5 min, G:9x4 min, B:9x5 min HA 8x6 min (lum unbinned and color binned 2x2) Total exposure of 384 minutes or 4.7 hours Processing: Image acquisition using Maxim DL. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop. The Red channel was made up of a combination of Red and HA subs. |
Blue Mountain Vista Observatory New RInggold PA |
M27 The Dumbbell Nebula |