M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula, Jordan Cook

M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula

M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula, Jordan Cook

M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula

Equipment

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Description

A deep image showing the extent of the extremely faint outer halo. This required 15 hours of exposure time to bring out the faint areas; most images would show only the brighter central shell of this wonderful planetary nebula.

Object: M27- Dumbbell Nebula (1,360ly)

Telescope: TEC140

Camera: Atik 4000 Mono and OSC

Exposures: OSC-60x300s; Ha-51x600s; OIII-9x600s (bin 2x2)

Processing: Darks, Flats, Bias, DSS, RegiStar, PS CS3

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M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula, Jordan Cook