Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  14 Vul  ·  Dumbbell nebula  ·  M 27  ·  NGC 6853  ·  PK060-03.1  ·  The star 14Vul
M27, Jeff Donaldson
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M27

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M27

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Like many nearby planetary nebulae, the Dumbbell contains knots. Its central region is marked by a pattern of dark and bright cusped knots and their associated dark tails. The knots vary in appearance from symmetric objects with tails to rather irregular tail-less objects.

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Description: Cropped image to show core detail

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Description: Star Reduction, MorphTrans x 2 using Star Masks, Decon using Lightness Mask, Histogram for Manual channel manipulation of the Red, Green and Blue channels. Also used a mask to boost the Red and Blue and Green channels to get the color the way I wanted it.

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M27, Jeff Donaldson