Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  Dumbbell nebula  ·  M 27  ·  NGC 6853  ·  The star 14Vul
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M27_Dumbbell Nebula, Didier FOURNIL
M27_Dumbbell Nebula
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M27_Dumbbell Nebula

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M27_Dumbbell Nebula, Didier FOURNIL
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M27_Dumbbell Nebula

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About it:

Sometimes compared to a dumbblee shape, or some other times compared to an apple core or even to an hourglass figure, M27 is undoubtedly one of the favotite planetary nebula for amateur astronomers...

It is the second brightest planetary nebula in the sky and has an apparent magnitude of 7.5

In its center lies a star lies the star who gave birth to the nébula, 14 600 years ago. It is a white dwarf with a visual magnitude of 13.5.

Technicals Conditions:

SEEING: 1,04 arc sec. (Ind.5/5)

Temp: 24°C

Hum. 71%

Not possible to integrate the Offset/Bias... The result appears with an additional color of red...???

An UHC Filter would have been more appropriate...

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M27_Dumbbell Nebula, Didier FOURNIL