Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  Dumbbell Nebula  ·  M 27  ·  NGC 6853  ·  The star 14Vul
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M27 the Dumbbell Nebula, Bret Waddington
M27 the Dumbbell Nebula
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M27 the Dumbbell Nebula

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M27 the Dumbbell Nebula, Bret Waddington
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M27 the Dumbbell Nebula

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I really struggled with processing this one. I took subs of 4, 5, 10 and 20 minutes and all clearly showed detail in the core of the nebula. When stacking however, it was completely blown out. I tried different integration methods including HDRComposition but nothing seemed to work. I was able to gain it back through masking and applying HDRM, with a lot of experimenting. I had around 20 hours of subs, tossed some due to clouds. I tried HDRC using 4 hours of subs without the L_eNhance filter to enhance the detail in the core but it degraded the rest of the image.

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M27 the Dumbbell Nebula, Bret Waddington

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