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M27 The Dumbbell Nebula H-Alpha, OIII & SII "Hubble Palette", Terry Hancock

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula H-Alpha, OIII & SII "Hubble Palette"

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula H-Alpha, OIII & SII "Hubble Palette", Terry Hancock

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula H-Alpha, OIII & SII "Hubble Palette"

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This was my first attempt at imaging in an object using all narrowband filters, processed in the traditional "hubble palette" with OIII as the blue channel, H-Alpha as the green channel and SII as the red channel.

Total Exposure time 17.3 hours

Thanks for looking

All the Best & Clear Skies

Terry

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Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI

Date of Shoot 13th, 18th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd June 2012

Exposure: H-Alpha 9x40 mins, OIII 10x40 mins , SII 7x40 mins unbinned

Camera: QHY9M monochrome CCD, cooled to -30C www.astrofactors.com

StarlightXpress Color Filter Wheel

Scope: Astronomy Technologies Astro-Tech 10" f/8 Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph

Astro Tech 2" Field Flattener.

Autoguided using QHY5 autoguider, StarlightXpress Ultra Slim Off Axis guider

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount (with MKS 4000)

Image Aquisition software Maxim DL5

Stacking software CCDStack

Post Processed with Photoshop CS5

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M27 The Dumbbell Nebula H-Alpha, OIII & SII "Hubble Palette", Terry Hancock