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M27 Dumbbell HOO
M27, The Dumbbell Nebula was the first planetary nebula discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. It is located 1360 light years away in the constellation of Vulpecula and is about 2.8 light years in diameter. Our own sun will produce a planetary nebula like this in about 5 billion years time when the hydrogen and helium depletes and it collapses into a white dwarf.
Location:Imaged on 7th and 8th August 2022 from UK, Bortle 7 with 83% moon.
Acquisition:33x 240s Ha, 25x 240s (OIII) calibrated with Darks, Dark-Flats and Flats. Total integration 3.9 hours.
Equipment:Skywatcher 200P Newtonian, EQ6-R PRO; ZWO EFWmini, EAF; Altair H183Mpro; Baader MPCCMKIII coma corrector, 6.5nm filters.
Guiding:Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED; Altair GPCAMAR0130M.
Software:NINA, PHD2 and EQMOD.
Processing:DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Affinity Photo with HLVG, StarXTerminator and Topaz DeNoiseAI plug-ins. Processed as HOO.
M27 Dumbbell HOO
M27, The Dumbbell Nebula was the first planetary nebula discovered by Charles Messier in 1764. It is located 1360 light years away in the constellation of Vulpecula and is about 2.8 light years in diameter. Our own sun will produce a planetary nebula like this in about 5 billion years time when the hydrogen and helium depletes and it collapses into a white dwarf.
Location:Imaged on 7th and 8th August 2022 from UK, Bortle 7 with 83% moon.
Acquisition:33x 240s Ha, 25x 240s (OIII) calibrated with Darks, Dark-Flats and Flats. Total integration 3.9 hours.
Equipment:Skywatcher 200P Newtonian, EQ6-R PRO; ZWO EFWmini, EAF; Altair H183Mpro; Baader MPCCMKIII coma corrector, 6.5nm filters.
Guiding:Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED; Altair GPCAMAR0130M.
Software:NINA, PHD2 and EQMOD.
Processing:DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Affinity Photo with HLVG, StarXTerminator and Topaz DeNoiseAI plug-ins. Processed as HOO.