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M27 (DUMBBELL NEBULA)

M27 (DUMBBELL NEBULA)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Vulpecula
  • Location: RA: 19h 59m 36.0s Dec: +22d 43' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 480 x 340 arc-seconds
  • Magnitude: 7.3
  • Type: Planetary Nebula
  • AKA: ngc6853, PK 60-3.1
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
with Astrodon Tru-Balance color filters.
Exposure: 6 x 5 minute Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minute each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 7/11/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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