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M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula, Mark L Mitchell
M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula, Mark L Mitchell

M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula

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M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula, Mark L Mitchell
M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula, Mark L Mitchell

M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula

Revision title: M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula

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M76, the Little Dumbell Nebula in the constellation Perseus, is about the same size as M27, but it is 5 times more distant at 3900 ly. It is a ring-shaped planetary nebula that we see on edge.
This image is from 7 hours of H-alpha and OIII data. The stars are from 1.5 hours of RGB data. This was processed with formula HOO-especial.
The mouseover inset is x2 digitally enlarged.

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M76, Little Dumbbell Nebula, Mark L Mitchell

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