A Dumbbell in a different light (Jay McNeil)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul) · Contains: Dumbbell Nebula · M 27 · NGC 6853 · PK060-03.1

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A Dumbbell in a different light

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A Dumbbell in a different light

I decided to go for something different on this image, so I actually used a good old broadband blue filter for the the blue channel. There is actually quite a bit of "blue" data in this object, much of which can likely be attributed to the intense OIII (captured by the broadband blue filter) and possibly some H-beta emission. This was initially a narrowband "test" image for my new homemade 10-inch imaging Newtonian. As with most new setups, the imaging session was plagued with thin, high clouds, a bright moon, and problems...the seeing got absolutely atrocious before being totally socked in by clouds during the blue set. I had planned on gathering more data before processing, however, it has been solid overcast for the past 10 days or so here. So, I eventually figured what the heck, let's process this thing and at least see what we have here. Enjoy, and as always, comments are welcomed.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	3758276
PixInsight job	NZOS3CVKY2CJKQU1T5U6X6E573KL7M63
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	19h59m35s.555
RA (top/left)	20h00m25s.162
RA (top/right)	20h00m23s.892
RA (bottom/right)	19h58m46s.128
RA (bottom/left)	19h58m47s.731

Dec (center)	+22°43′22″.56
Dec (top/left)	+22°26′39″.88
Dec (top/right)	+23°00′19″.100
Dec (bottom/right)	+23°00′06″.35
Dec (bottom/left)	+22°26′26″.21

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