Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Vulpecula (Vul)  ·  Contains:  Dumbbell Nebula  ·  HD345444  ·  HD345446  ·  HD345449  ·  HD345451  ·  HD345452  ·  HD345453  ·  HD345454  ·  HD345469  ·  M 27  ·  NGC 6853  ·  PK060-03.1
Messier 27 - Dumbbell Nebula in HOO (RGB for stars and HDR), Massimo Marchini
Powered byPixInsight

Messier 27 - Dumbbell Nebula in HOO (RGB for stars and HDR)

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://flic.kr/p/2oW5W8S
Messier 27 - Dumbbell Nebula in HOO (RGB for stars and HDR), Massimo Marchini
Powered byPixInsight

Messier 27 - Dumbbell Nebula in HOO (RGB for stars and HDR)

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://flic.kr/p/2oW5W8S

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Messier 27, also known as NGC 6853 or The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is 1.360 light-years far from Earth and is estimated to be 9.800 years old.
The central star radius is among the largest known for a white dwarf. The nebula is expanding at about 31 km/s and its residual life is estimated no longer than 14.600 years.
The central region is marked by a pattern of dark and bright knots; the heads of these knots have cusps which are photoionization fronts.
It was the first such nebula discovered, by Charles Messier in 1764.The picture was taken in Cordenons, from my home garden under a sky Bortle 6-7 (SQM 18.5-18.75), using a ZWO ASI2600MM PRO camera with a Celestron C11 Edge on my SkyWatcher EQ8-R Pro. I programmed sessions at ZWO ASIAIR PLUS @zwoasiIt’s the sum of 54 RGB shots of 180”, 37 OIII shots of 600”, and 27 H-alfa shots of 1000”.I used RGB shots for stars and HDR elaboration due to thigh luminance in the central region.

Comments