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M27 - Dumbbell Nebula, Elvie1
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M27 - Dumbbell Nebula

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M27 - Dumbbell Nebula

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M27 - (NGC 6853) - Dumbbell Nebula

Bright Planetary Nebula in constellation Vulpecula - The Fox. About 1300 LY away and 2.5 LY across - so you’re looking back over a century in time.
A dying, fuel-spent, sun-like star  - now a white dwarf - puffing off outer shells of gas  - here captured in SHO narrow band Sulpher, Hydrogen, Oxygen.

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M27 - Dumbbell Nebula, Elvie1