Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  Dumbbell nebula  ·  M 27  ·  NGC 6853
M27 - Dumbbell Nebula, 404timc
M27 - Dumbbell Nebula
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M27 - Dumbbell Nebula

M27 - Dumbbell Nebula, 404timc
M27 - Dumbbell Nebula
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M27 - Dumbbell Nebula

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M27 is a planetary nebula in Vulpecula. It covers an area of 8 by 5.6 arc minutes of apparent sky and has a linear radius of 1.44 light-years. The nebula’s faint halo stretches out to more than 15 arc minutes. M27 lies at an approximate distance of 1,360 light-years, or 417 parsecs, from Earth.

This 9.9 hours of exposure through RGB, Ha, and O3 filters and was taken through a Stellarvue SVA130T refractor at 910mm FL. RGB sub-exposures were 20 seconds each, narrowband sub-exposures were 180 sec each.

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M27 - Dumbbell Nebula, 404timc

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