Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  Dumbbell Nebula  ·  M 27  ·  NGC 6853  ·  The star 14 Vul
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M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec, bobzeq25
M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec
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M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec

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M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec, bobzeq25
M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec
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M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec

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Unsteady night, but I hadn't imaged in some time and had never done M27.

Guiding was 1.2, not good when your image scale is 0.88

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  • M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec, bobzeq25
    Original
  • M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec, bobzeq25
    B
  • M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec, bobzeq25
    C
  • Final
    M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec, bobzeq25
    D

B

Description: Tamed the saturation in the nebula a bit, improved the background

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C

Description: Just better processing

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D

Description: It's easy to overprocess the Dumbell, making it "flashy". The target encourages that.

Which is what I did. Stretched too much, increased saturation too much. This is more restrained, I think clearly better.

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M27 - mediocre night, FWHM 3.8 arc sec, bobzeq25