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Object name: M 27
Popular Name: The Dumbbell Nebula or Apple Core Nebula
Object type: Planetary Nebula
Magnitude: 7.4
Size: 8.0′x5.7′
Constellation: Vulpecula
LRGB image captured and processed in Nebulosity. Atik 16IC-S CCD camera on 200mm f/4 Newtonian autoguided using a Watec 120N video camera on ST80 using PHD software.
L = 20x120s
R, G and B = 10x30s each – 10-Jun-2008
I was in two minds whether to put this one up but it's a good representation of how you would see this bright planetary nebula through a pair of binoculars.
The Dumbbell Nebula is located in the constellation of Vulpecula and has a magnitude of +7.3.
10 x 1 minute light-frames @ ISO 800 with a Canon 350D ('unmodded').
Haven't been out with the scope in months. Seeing was crap and cloud reduced the number of shots. The streak is a satellite passing overhead, not a perseid meteorite unfotunately. The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (PN) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light years. The central star, a white dwarf, is estimated to have a radius which is 0.055 ± 0.02 R☉ which gives it a size larger than any other known white dwarf.
Camera: Canon 500D
Telescope: 200mm C8-NGT F5 FL=1000mm
Exposure: 4mins (8x30s) + 4 darks
Processed in Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop Elements 8
This is a restacking of the previous image processed on just a portion of the overall image so that I could use the 3x Drizzle setting in Deep Sky Stacker to try and improve the resolution of the nebula.
Also tried a couple new tools in The Gimp for cleaning up noise, setting the black point etc.
The photo consists of 30x 20 second exposures at ISO1600 on a Canon T1i DSLR at prime focus on a 10 inch SN-10AT telescope using a light pollution filter. 10 minutes total exposure time.
Quel che ne rimane dopo il ciclo di vita di una stella.
Questa è la mia prima foto al telescopio..migliore delle ultime fatte che sono mosse
Messier 27 (Dumbbell). Apilado de 84x20 segs (28min), f:400mm @ F/5.7, ISO 1600. Canon 1000D +Celestron 70/400, montura CG4. 07-11-2012
This is a crop of the 'widefield' version, I'm very pleased with the amount of detail retained and for just 10 minutes worth of data!
Discovered in July 1764 by Charles Messier. M27 lies 1000 light years away.
M27, Latitude 50.1 degrees.
Orion 8" 800mm Astrograph, Tele Vue Paracorr, ZWO ASI183MM Pro, ZWO LRGB filters, 3 Luminescence Frames @270 seconds, 9 Red/Green/Blue Frames @300 seconds. Plus 20 dark & Bias frames. Done over a 4 day period spread out over 2 months.
Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker. Stretched with Fits Liberator, and then GIMP to finish off the image.
Image made from some shots I took during the early hours of today using a Canon EOS60D attached to my telescope
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams. -Tupac Shakur
One of my favorite deep space objects is the Dumbbell Nebula. If you look in my photostream you will see other images of this summer time object. It's a planetary nebula - the remains of a star that has died and exploded. Its about 1360 light years away in the constellation of Vulpecula. In the stars death the elements it made during its "life time" in its core will be used to create the next generation of stars.
Its the ultimate in recycling...
Shooting Information:
This image was created using exposures over three different nights with a total exposure time of 1 hour 52 minutes using 60, 90 and 120 second exposures. A total of 79 out of 99 total frames were used. Darks, Flats and Bias frames were used in this image.
Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: SkyWatcher ED 80//600
Camere di acquisizione: Canon 1100D
Montature: SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro
Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: SkyWatcher 70/500
Camere di guida: Skywatcher Synguider 2
Riduttori di focale: SkyWatcher Reducer 0.85
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. PixInsight V1.8
Risoluzione: 3200x2104
Date: 05 agosto 2015
Pose: 16x420" ISO800
Integrazione: 1.9 ore
Dark: ~13
Flat: ~21
Bias: ~31
Equipment: Nikon D5300, Tamron SP 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USD lens, and iOptron Skytracker. Taken at 300mm, f/8.0, ISO 8000, 49 frames of 60 seconds each plus 30 darks. Stacked in Regim and cropped/processed in Lightroom.
The Dumbbell nebula is a planetary nebula located approximately 1200 light years away.
At the centre of the nebula is a hot white dwarf star. This star is surrounded by a shell of gas which is being excited by the high-energy radiation coming from the white dwarf creating the visible nebula.
Imaged on 30th June 2014.
48x30 second exposures (24mins)
Celestron 8 SE
Stock Alt Azimuth mount
F6.3 Focal Reducer
Nikon D40 (Unmodded)
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light years.
Taken with 14.5" f7.0 RCOS telescope mounted on a Paramount ME, FLI PL16K camera at -35C, 80 mins of RGB, 150 mins of Luminance.
Deutsch:
M27 (NGC 6853), auch bekannt als Hantelnebel, ist ein planetarischer Nebel im Sternbild Füchschen (Vulpecula).
Er ist etwa 1.200 Lichtjahre entfernt und stellt die abgestoßene Hülle eines sonnenähnlichen Sterns dar, der sein Lebensende erreicht hat.
Seine charakteristische Form und die farbigen Gasstrukturen machen M27 zu einem beliebten Beobachtungsobjekt.
English:
M27 (NGC 6853), also known as the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Vulpecula.
It lies around 1,200 light years away and represents the expelled outer layers of a Sun-like star at the end of its life cycle.
Its distinctive shape and colorful gas structures make M27 one of the most observed planetary nebulae in the night sky.
Belichtungszeiten:
Blau: 5*300 sec
Grün: 5*300 sec
Rot: 5*300 sec
UV/IR Cut: 5*300 sec
Kamera:
ZWO ASI183MM-Pro
Optik:
TS-Optics PHOTOLINE 130 mm f/7 Triplet APO
Other 3D-formats:
astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/f359296072
Original 2D:
astroanarchy.blogspot.com/2011/02/m27-dumbbell-nebula-rep...
The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. The nebula was named after its resemblance to a dumbbell as seen in visible light. It was discovered in 1764 by Charles Messier, who included it as the 27th member of his famous catalog of nebulous objects. Though he did not know it at the time, this was the first in a class of objects, now known as planetary nebulae, to make it into the catalog.
Planetary nebulae, historically named for their resemblance to gas-giant planets, are now known to be the remains of stars that once looked a lot like our sun. When sun-like stars die, they puff out their outer gaseous layers. These layers are heated by the hot core of the dead star, called a white dwarf, and shine with infrared and visible-light colors. Our own sun will blossom into a planetary nebula when it dies in about five billion years.
The Dumbbell nebula is 1,360 light-years away in the Vulpecula constellation, and stretches across 4.5 light-years of space. That would more that fill the space between our sun and the nearest star, and it demonstrates how effective planetary nebulae are at returning much of a stars material back to interstellar space at the end of their lives.
Spitzers infrared view shows a different side of this recycled stellar material. It is interesting how different Spitzers view of the Dumbbell looks compared to optical images, comments Dr. Joseph Hora of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The diffuse green glow, which is brightest near the center, is probably showing us hot gas atoms being heated by the ultraviolet light from the central white dwarf.
A collection of clumps fill the central part of the nebula, and red-colored radial spokes extend well beyond. Astronomers think these features represent molecules of hydrogen gas, mixed with traces of heavier elements. Despite being broken apart by the ultraviolet light from the central white dwarf, much of this molecular material may survive intact and mix back into interstellar gas clouds, helping to fuel the next generation of stars. Similar structures are seen in the Helix and other planetary nebulae.
This image was made using data from Spitzers Infrared Array Camera (IRAC). Blue shows infrared light with wavelengths of 3.6 microns, green represents 4.5-micron light and red, 8.0-micron light.
Der Hantelnebel (Messier 27). 46x120s mit EOS 500Da + IDAS LPS-P2. EF 5,6/400mm mit 1,4x Kenko MC4 DGX bei f8/ISO800.
Sketch of the Dumbbell nebula (M27) using 130mm Newtonian reflector, 13mm Plössl (50x / 1 degree FOV), no filter. The nebula was obvious using a 32mm eyepiece at 20x. I got the best view using a 13mm eyepiece at 50x. It looked like a misty grey, slightly squashed circle. The brighter central bars were obvious, especially using averted vision. I could see some hint of structure too. I was pleased with my view of M27 despite interference from the bright moonlight on the night of the observation.
Messier 27 The Dumbbell Nebula
108 of 129 subs of 100 sec each
30 darks, 30 bias, 30 flats, 30 dark flats
Hap Griffin-modified CanonT2i using EOS Utility
AT8IN with MPCC on self-hypertuned LXD75 with Warps Drive
Guided with Orion SSAG on Orion Magnificent-Mini 50mm using PHD Guiding.
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 10 x 180s ISO 1600 RGB
Filter: none
Focus Method: Prime focus
Lens Aperature/Focal Length: 80mm×500mm
Lens: Adorama ProOptic f6.3 500mm Mirror Lens
Guided: PHD Guiding
Stacked: DeepSkyStacker
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
M27 or Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, 1,360 light years away from Earth. The remains of the collapsed star, now a white dwarf, is just visible in the centre. Taken in Ortigia Sicily 12 September 2014
Shot over a span of three nights from my backyard, the Dumbbell Nebula looks bright and colorful in a sea of stars. This object is classified as a planetary nebula, implying that it has a dying star in its core.
Having exhausted its primary source of hydrogen about 10,000 years ago, the dying star, a white dwarf star, is fusing helium into heavier elements like carbon and oxygen. The star is no longer massive enough to hold these materials together against the ongoing fusion reactions and we see ionized hydrogen (red) and oxygen (blue-green) dispersing out into space, almost two light years across.
This nebula was imaged using a 9.25" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope and a 62Mp one-shot-color astro-camera. No filters were used. I live in an extremely light-polluted suburb so I had to sort out only the best 242x60sec subframes to use for stacking in PixInsight. The image was also post-processed in PixInsight using generalized hyperbolic stretch to reveal the details in this distant cloud of gas and dust.
M27 or Dumbbell Nebula taken on 3 July 2014. M27 is a planetary nebula 1,360 light years away in the constellation of Vulpecula.
98 x 15 second exposures at ISO 6400 and 42 dark frames. Processed in Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight and Photoshop CS6.
Taken 07/10/12
Equipment Used:
Nikon D5000 + Focal Reducer
Celestron C8 Scope on Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Mount
4 Frames, approx 30 seconds each stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is at a distance of around 1300 light-years from Earth.
The photo is comprised of 10 5-min subs for RGB and 15 5-min subs for H-Alpha. Luminance was extracted from the RGB image. Processing was done with CCDStack2 and Photoshop.
20 lights (20s ISO800) 20 flats 11 darks 20 bias. Canon EOS 450D prime focus Skywatcher 150 Explorer Newtonian. Calibrated and stacked in DeepSkyStacker. Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop CS5
Taken 07/10/12
Equipment Used:
Nikon D5000 + Focal Reducer
Celestron C8 Scope on Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro Mount
4 Frames, approx 30 seconds each stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
58 x 30sec at ISO1600
17 x Dark frames
20 x Bias frames
Processed with Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop and Lightroom
Canon EOS Rebel T5 at prime focus on Orion ST80
M27: The Dumbbell Nebula, a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, is approximately 1,360 Light Years away.
(Taken by my husband, from his observatory in our back yard. He says he is too busy for flickr or other photo sharing sites. I say this is too cool not to share!)
This is M27, the dumbbell Nebula. Taken with a Meade LX200 10" f10 SCT telescope at prime focus with an unmodified Canon XTi 400D DSLR. This is a combination of 27 light , 27 dark, and 27 bias frames. Guiding was done with PHD software using an Stellarvue AT1010 80mm Achromat and a SuperCircuits PC164 Video Camera. Processing was done using ImagesPlus 2.82 and Adobe PhotShop CS software.
*This is a reprocessing of old image data. Trying to bring out more of the nebula and changing up the color.
-Object Info-
Name: M27
Other names: Dumbbell Nebula, NGC6853
Type: Planetary Nebula
V Mag: 13.7
-Image Info-
Date: July 20, 2010
Location: Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL
Telescope: Ortega .8m
Imager: FLI 1024x1024
CCD Temp: -20 C
Filters: Clear
Exposure: L 3 x 300s / RGB 3 x 300s each
Total Exposure: 60min
Calibration: 40 bias, 20 dark, LRGB 8 flats each
Processing: calibrated in IRAF, combined in Maxim DL, deconvolved in CCDSharp, post processed in Photoshop
In the image North is up and East is to the left.
Credit: Don Schumacher
Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of M76, the Little Dumbbell Nebula (which isn't so little). Color/processing variant.
In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of the legendary NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The photogenic nebula is a favourite target of amateur astronomers. M76 is classified as a planetary nebula. This is a misnomer because it is unrelated to planets. But its round shape suggested it was a planet to astronomers who first viewed it through low-power telescopes. In reality, a planetary nebula is an expanding shell of glowing gases that were ejected from a dying red giant star. The star eventually collapses to an ultra-dense, hot white dwarf. M76 is composed of a ring, seen edge-on as the central bar structure, and two lobes on either opening of the ring. Before the star burned out, it ejected the ring of gas and dust. The ring was probably sculpted by the effects of the star that once had a binary companion star. This sloughed-off material created a thick disc of dust and gas along the plane of the companion’s orbit. The hypothetical companion star isn’t seen in the Hubble image, and so it could have been later swallowed by the central star. The disc would be forensic evidence for that stellar cannibalism. The primary star is collapsing to form a white dwarf. It is one of the hottest stellar remnants known at a scorching 120 000 degrees Celsius, 24 times our Sun’s surface temperature. The sizzling white dwarf can be seen as a pinpoint in the centre of the nebula. A star visible in projection beneath it is not part of the nebula. Pinched off by the disc, two lobes of hot gas are escaping from the top and bottom of the ‘belt’ along the star’s rotation axis that is perpendicular to the disc. They are being propelled by the hurricane-like outflow of material from the dying star, tearing across space at two million miles per hour. That’s fast enough to travel from Earth to the Moon in a little over seven minutes! This torrential ‘stellar wind’ is ploughing into cooler, slower-moving gas that was ejected at an earlier stage in the star’s life, when it was a red giant. Ferocious ultraviolet radiation from the super-hot star is causing the gases to glow. The red colour is from nitrogen, and blue is from oxygen. The entire nebula is a flash in the pan by cosmological timekeeping. It will vanish in about 15 000 years. [Image description: A Hubble image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula. The name comes from its shape, which is a two-lobed structure of colourful, mottled glowing gases that resemble a balloon that has been pinched around a middle waist. Like an inflating balloon, the lobes are expanding into space from a dying star seen as a white dot in the centre. Blistering ultraviolet radiation from the super-hot star is causing the gases to glow. The red colour is from nitrogen, and blue is from oxygen.]