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M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in RGB, Terry Hancock

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in RGB

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in RGB, Terry Hancock

M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in RGB

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This is 3 hours of RGB (RED,GREEN, BLUE), I also shot an hour of luminance but as I shot the RGB un binned the luminance wasn't needed nor did it help with final result.

Thanks for looking

All the Best & Clear Skies

Terry

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Location: DownUnder Observatory, Fremont MI

Date of Shoot June 13th 2012

Exposure: RGB 60 mins each 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

At a distance of about 1,360 light years from Earth, The Dumbell Nebula is also known as Apple Core Nebula and NGC

6853, this planetary nebula lies in the constellation Vulpecula.

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M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in RGB, Terry Hancock