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The Dumbbell Nebula, M27 or NGC 6853 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1227 light-years. This object was the first planetary nebula to be discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.
Equipment:
Celestron 9.25” 2350mm Edge-HD Telescope
Celestron .7 EdgeHD Reducer Lens
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
Celestron 9x50 Finder Scope
ZWO ASI294MC Pro Color Camera
PHD2 Guiding Software
ZWO 1.25” Duo-Band Filter
SharpCap Pro
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, M27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1227 light-years. This object was the first planetary nebula to be discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.
Equipment:
Astro-Tech AT80EDT f/6 ED Triple Refractor Telescope
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Orion 50mm Helical Guide Scope & StarShoot AutoGuider
ZWO ASI294MC Pro Color Camera
Orion 38mm clear-aperture Field Flattener
PHD2 Guiding Software
SharpCap Pro
Thank you for your comments,
Gemma
NGC 6853, M27
A Planetary Nebula in Vulpecula
Magnitude: 7.1
Apparent size:8.0′ x 5.7′
Diameter: 3.2 light years
Distance:1,400 light years
Image date: 2020-09-12
Exposure: 51 x 90sec = 76 minutes.
Field of View:38.7 x 25.7 arcmin.
Teleskop oder Objektiv (Aufnahme): Skywatcher 150/750 PDS
Aufnahmekamera: ZWO ASI 2600 MC Pro
Montierung: SkyWatcher EQ6 R Pro
Teleskop oder Objektiv (Nachführung): Skywatcher 150/750 PDS
Nachführkamera: ZWO ASI 120MM
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. PixInsight 1.8.8 Ripley · Adobe Photoshop 2020 · AstroPixel Processor
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2"
Zubehör: ZWO EAF Electronic Auto Focuser · ZWO ASIAir Pro · ZWO OAG · Baader Coma Corrector
Datum:6. Juli 2021
Frames: 24x600" (4h)
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, M 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years. A planetary nebula is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives. [wikipedia]
Imaged using the Celestron C14 Edge HD telescope in dome 4 at Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos observatory in Gorafe, Spain.
A higher resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/3hreww/0/
Thank you for looking.
Technical summary:
Captured: 8 Nights in June 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Total Integration: 21 hours 25mins
Filters: UV-IR 329 x 120s, Red 68 x 180s, Green 74 x 180s, Blue 67 x 180s
Pixel Scale: 0.4 arcsec/pixel
Telescope: Celestron C14 Edge HD
Image Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM Pro
Filters: Astronomik Lum, Red, Green, Blue,
Mount: Skywatcher EQ 8
Computer: Minix NUC
Capture software: NINA, PHD2
Editing software: PixInsight, Adobe Lightroom
M27 The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula imaged from London on the 18th August 2020.
Ts65Quad Astrograph & ZWO ASI1600MM Pro camera.
45x1 minute Ha mapped to Red, 45x1 minute Oiii mapped to Green and Blue
OBJECT: Messier 27, The Dumbbell Nebula, constellation Vulpecula, RA 19h, 59m, DEC +22° 43’, apparent magnitude 7,4, apparent dimension 8’ x 5,4’, FOV 1,9° x 1,3°.
GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500/5,6 PF, Astronomic UV/IR/L2 Clip in filter, Rollei Astroklar light pollution filter, Dew heater strip, Sensor pixel scale 1,79 arcsec/px, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding.
ACQUISITION: August 29, 2022, Struz, CZ, Subexposure 180s, f 5,6, ISO 1600, Interval 15 s, RAW-L, Lights 24x, Bias 20x, Flats 20x, DarkFlats 20x. Total exposure time 72 min. Night, no wind, 8° C, no Moon, Backyard - Light pollution - Bortle 5.
STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralisation, light pollution removal, calibrate background) , Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 (stretching, black and white point settings, stars dimed, enhance DSO, contrast setting and sharpening). Cropped 4,7x, image size 3840 x 2560 px.
M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula
Imaged from London on 17th July 2016 under a bright Moon
Celestron Edge HD11, Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Astronomik UHC Filter
1 hour integration with darks, flats and bias applied
Processed in DSS and PS CS6
Death star.
When an average G-type star like our Sun grows old, it uses up all its hydrogen, begins burning helium and swells up into a red giant. As it uses up its helium it ejects its outer layers, which expand outwards forming what we call a planetary nebula.
The life span of the nebula is relatively short - about 10,000 years.
Left behind is the star’s core, which becomes a white dwarf star, no longer undergoing nuclear fusion. It just radiates its heat away over billions more years until it cools into a black dwarf.
It is believed that the Universe is not yet old enough for black dwarfs to exist.
Exposure: 30 x 30 sec = 15 min.
SkyWatcher ED120 telescope + ZWO ASI071 camera.
Date: 2019-08-24
This collapsed star has produced a colorful nebula which is a geat target for beginning imagers. I've been experimenting with a new camera and mount but we've had terrible weather and Canadian smoke. Last night I had a good enough session to capture an hour of data; this take on the nebula is ok but as is often the case I'm amazed by the depth of the starfield over my house revealed by the camera. Not a single star shown here can be seen by the naked eye through the light pollution and haze.
Tech Stuff: TV-85/Borg 1.08 flattener/ZWO ASI 533MC Pro/no filter. 60 min of 4 second exposures captured in SharpCap LiveStacks. RST-135E mount, unguided. From my yard, 10 miles north of NYC.
M27 The Dumbbell Nebula, imaged from London on 15th August 2017
TS65 Quad Astrograph, Atik 314L+ CCD
Ha mapped to Red, Oiii mapped to Green & Blue
20 minutes exposure each channel
The Dumbbell Nebula is a planetary nebula and is in the constellation Vulpecula, It’s ~1227 light years away from us. “Plantetary nebubla” is kind of a misnomer because it doesn’t have anything to do with planets, the gasses and colors come from a star that has shed its outer layers. If you squint or zoom in, you can see the white dwarf star in the middle. Charles Messier first noted it in his catalog of objects in the night sky as Messier Object 27 in 1764. The Dumbbell Nebula gets its name from English Astronomer John Herchel, who thought its shape resembled a dumbbell. - You can view this object with a small telescope, or even binoculars.
Equipment:
Celestron CGEM Mount
Nikkor 500mm f/4 P Ai-s at +1.4x Teleconverter (700mm) at f/8
Sony a7RIII (unmodified)
Altair 60mm Guide scope
GPCAM2 Mono Camera
Acquisition:
Taos, NM: my backyard - Bortle 3
25 x 180" for 1 hour 15 min and 25 sec of exposure time.
6 dark frames
15 flats frames
15 bais frames
Guided
Software:
SharpCap
PHD2
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop
My mount was polar aligned with SharpCap (what an amazing system for aligning). I'm not comfortable using my SCT as my lens yet. My solution is to piggyback my Sony a7RIII and adapted Nikkor 500mm f/4 P Ai-s on a ADM dovetail rail on the top of my optical tube. For this I used a 1.4x teleconverter making the focal length 700mm at f/8. I used DeepSkyStacker to combine all frames and then processed the TIFF file in Photoshop. I stretched the 32 bit file and used Gradient XT on the image. I then made it a 16 bit file and stretched in level, then curves. I used the color sampler tool and levels to do my best to keep the background space black. I did mask the nebula and bring some color out on it, while not adding the color to the stars and deep space. I then using my skillset and relyed on Astronomy Tools Action Set, and dodging and burning a bit to give the image the finishing touches.
59 minutes 10 seconds. 71 frames stacked in DSS.
Equipment:- CN8 telescope
Canon 600D CLS clip filter
NEQ5 PRO mount.
Very happy to have imaged this colorful deep-sky object for the first time.
This is a single 60-second exposure made with a Canon 600D (unmodified sensor) at ISO 6400, at prime focus of a 200/800 reflector.
Technical Datas :
Canon 600D (unmodified sensor)+ 200/800 mm Reflector + lxd75 mount
60 seconds
ISO 6400
800 mm + cropped picture
F/4
processed with DxO optics pro 9 + Lightroom
Location : Normandy, France
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by the dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space.
The image is composed of 19-minutes of data (15 second subs at ISO 4000) with additional dark and bias frames. Tech Info: Meade LX90 12” telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, and Canon 6D camera. Imaging was done on July 27, 2016 and I also incorporated some data collected in 2015.
Bortle 8, UK, back garden, 72ED with Sony A6000, 433 subs, 35 secs, Tracked using AZ-GTI, NINA sequencer, Stacked in ASTAP, processed by @astroben in Siril, PS.
Dumbbell nebula (M27) is a planetary nebula @ distance of 1360 light years from Earth. Its a remanent of exploded star that blasted before 10,000 years ago. The remanent gases are expanding at rate of 30 km/sec. the Red colour emission represents ionized Hydrogen gas. While, the blue one is doubly ionized Oxygen. Image taken by narrowband filters & processed as HOO. Image integration of 2 hours & 15 min, Lights 10 x 300 H-alpha, 15 x 300 O III, Darks 20, Bias 50, Flats 20, Flat darks 20. Imaged from Borlte sky 4. Gear set: ES 102 APO FCD100 @ f/5.6, iOptron GEM45 pro guided by ZWO mini guidescope & ZWO ASI120MM-S, Lightwave x0.8 F/R, ZWO EFW 1.25” x 5, Optolong Narrowband H-Alpha & O III filters, ZWO ASI1600MM cooled @ 0. Image acquisition by APT & PHD2. Stacked by DSS and processed by PS.
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as the Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, and NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula (nebulosity surrounding a white dwarf) in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1360 light-years . 15 x 55 sec subs stacked in Sequator, no cal frames . Canon 60d with Svbony UHC CLIP FILTER on a SKYWATCHER QUATTRO 250 f/4 scope and tracked with a SW NEQ6 PRO .
Managed to get another couple of hour of #Ha & #Oiii on my #M27 #DumbbellNebula image now up to 5 hours. Taken with @Celestron #C8sct @AtikCameras #Atikone 6.0 and @baader_astro 7nm filters at 1280mm focal length #Astrophotography #AstroHour #witns #Astronomy
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by the dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space. No summer is complete without imaging this nebula!
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, ZWO ASI071mc-Pro, 58 x 60 second exposures, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Captured using Sequence Generator Pro and processed using PixInsight. Image date: May 25, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by the dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, Canon 6D stock camera, ISO 3200, 25 x 60 second exposures with dark/bias frames, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Image date: August 23, 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
The Dumbell Nebula aka M27 was the first planetary nebula seen by human eyes, discovered by Charles Messsier in 1764.
John Herscel later named it the Dumbbell Nebula.
The central teal colour arises from the emission lines of doubly ionized oxygen. These emission lines can only occur in a low-density environment like a planetary nebula. It is approximately 1200 light-years away. At this distance, our sun would appear 100 times fainter than the nebula.
It’s also notable because of the star that remains at its centre: it’s the largest-known white dwarf star. Over a period of thousand years, the Dumbbell nebula will gradually disperse somewhere into space, and then the white dwarf will cool and fade away for billions of years......
Imaged from: London UK
Date: 08/06/2015
Altair Astro RC 250TT – with focal reducer
Ioptron CEM 60 mount
QHYS CCD
Chroma Technology Filters
Luminance 6 x 300seconds
Red 6 x 300seconds
Green 6 x 300seconds
Blue 6 x 300seconds
Chroma 3nm Ha 1 x 300seconds
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by the dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space.
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension: 19h 59m 36.340s
Declination: +22° 43′ 16.09″
Apparent magnitude (V): 7.4
Apparent dimensions (V): 8.0′ × 5.6′
Constellation: Vulpecula
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI290MC and ASI071MC-Pro, ZWO AAPlus, ZWO EAF, 52 x 60 seconds at 0C plus darks and flats, processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: May 29, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
The Dumbbell (or Apple Core) Nebula
Planetary nebula Messier 27 - a shell of fluorescing ionised hydrogen (red) and ionised oxygen ( green/blue) surrounds the remnants of a once active star - probably not unlike our own Sun. The white dwarf remnant star can be seen at the centre of the nebula.
The hard UV light from the white dwarf makes the surrounding ionised gases fluoresce in characteristic colours. The clouds of gas were probably shrugged off the star in the final phases of its life.
Deeper images show further shells of gas which are just hinted at here.
Size is 8.0 x 5.6 arcminutes
This is a combination of 2 sessions; one from 2020 with a modified Canon 80d and one from 2021 with a ZWO ASI2600 MC pro CMOS cooled camera. Both sessions were under full Moon.
Interestingly, both cameras have the same pixel size at 3.76 um and both have APS-C size chips.
Canon 80D: 13 x 5 minute subs at ISO 400
ASI2600MC 20 x 3 minute subs at gain 100, offset 50 at 0c.
Equinox ED 900mm f/7.5 scope x0.85 focal reducer.
IDAS P3 LPS 2"filter in focal reducer.
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro; Gain:100, Offset:50 @0c (2021).
SkyWatcher EQ6 pro mount with Rowan belt drives.
Guided by PHD2 via PrimaLuce 240mm f/4 guidescope.
50 flats (EL panel at 1/4 second)
50 darks at 0c
50 bias at 0c and 1/16000s
Polar Alignment:
QHY Polemaster alignment -
Error measured by PHD2= 1.8 arc minute.
RA drift + 2.07 arcsec/min
Dec drift +0.47 arcsec/min
Guiding:
PHD2 guiding with ZWO ASI290mm/PrimaLuce Lab 240/60mm guide scope.
RA RMS error 0.76 arcsec.
Dec RMS error 0.83 arcsec.
Astrometry:
Resolution ............... 0.986 arcsec/px
Focal distance ........... 786.27 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 36' 15.0" x 28' 53.1"
Image center ............. RA: 19 59 35.670 Dec: +22 43 59.87
Spotted by Charles Messier in 1764, M27 was the first planetary nebula ever discovered. The term “planetary nebula” is a bit of a misnomer based on the nebula’s round, planet-like appearance when viewed through smaller telescopes. The nebula is the result of an old star that has shed its outer layers in a glowing display of color. M27 hosts many knots of gas and dust. As depicted in Hubble’s image, some look like fingers pointing at the central star, located just off the upper left of the image; others are isolated clouds, some with and some without tails. Their sizes typically range from 17 billion to 56 billion kilometers, which is several times larger than the distance from the sun to Pluto. Each contains as much mass as three Earths. These dense knots of gas and dust seem to be a natural part of the evolution of planetary nebulas. They form when the stellar winds are not powerful enough to blow away a larger clump of matter but are able to blow away smaller particles, creating a trail behind the clump. The shapes of these knots change as the nebula expands. Similar knots have been discovered in other nearby planetary nebulas that are all part of the same evolutionary scheme. Also known as the Dumbbell Nebula, M27 resides more than 1,200 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. With an apparent magnitude of 7.5, the nebula can be spotted with a small telescope most easily in September.
An image of the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) taken with a ZWO183MC Pro camera on a Celestron 130mm f/5 reflecting telescope. 60 thirty second light images and 60 dark images were combined using DeepSkyStacker and processed in Adobe Lightroom to create the picture.
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by the dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space.
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90, Celestron CGEM-DX pier mounted, ZWO ASI071mc-Pro, Antares Focal Reducer, 25 x 60 second at 0C with darks and flats, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Captured using ZWO AAP and processed using PixInsight. Image date: July 26, 2021. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Planetary nebula Messier 27 - a shell of fluorescing hydrogen (red) and oxygen ( blue) surrounds the remnants of a once active star - probably not unlike our own Sun. The white dwarf remnant star can be seen at the centre of the nebula.
The intense UV light from the white dwarf makes the surrounding ionised gases fluoresce in characteristic colours. The clouds of gas were probably shrugged off the star in the final phases of its life.
Deeper images show further shells of gas which are just hinted at here.
Size is 8.0 x 5.6 arcminutes
I have always shied away from using my SkyWatcher Equinox 120ED scope for DSOs but recently, I thought about fitting it with a top rail and attaching a guidescope.
I was trying out a new guide camera/scope combination and had some problems - it was also near full Moon which is not great for DSO imaging but overall got a reasonable result for just 10 x test subs of 300 seconds at ISO400.
I used a x0.85 matched field flattener/focal reducer which brings this down to about 760mm.
It was fairly straightforward to remove the blue/violet doublet scope star fringes using Noel Carboni's Astrophotography Actions for PS.
Id like to use this setup to chase small, faint comets in future.
I didnt measure Light Pollution given the almost full Moon.
PHD2 guiding was with a ZWO ASI290 MM mini camera and a PrimaLuce Lab 60mm f/4 guidescope. I had driver, focusing and cable problems but I should be able to sort those out.
SkyWatcher Equinox ED120mm scope with x0.85 reducer
2 inch IDAS D2 filter mounted in reducer
Modified Canon 80D
EQ6 pro mount with Rowan belt drives
50 x flat frames
80 x bias frames
27 x temperature matched dark frames from dark library
Resolution is 0.976 arcsec/pxl.
The field of view for the uncropped image from the modified Canon 80D is 1 degree 37 arcminutes x 1 degree and 5 arcminutes.
Celestron 9.25 + Celestron f/6.3 Reducer + ZWO ASI533MC + Optolong L-eXtreme
EQ6-R Pro
212x120" lights
No calibration frames
Nebulosity4 for Mac
PixInsight
Photoshop CC
Cairns, Australia
Bortle 6
The Dumbbell Nebula, M27, is a planetary nebula that lies some 1400 light years away in the constellation Vulpecula. It was the first planetary nebula discovered. Planetary nebulae consist of expanding ionized gas ejected from red giant stars. What's left is a very hot star, a white dwarf, and the UV radiation from the star ionizes the gas, providing the light we see.
Details:
Scope: TMB130SS
Camera: QSI690-wsg8
Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Ultrastar
Mount: Mach1 GTO
L: 24x5min
RGB: 16x5min each
Software: SGP, PHD2, APCC, Pixinsight
6 hrs total exposure
[Updated, Aug 23 2022]: Reprocessed with flats, darks, and bias calibration frames.
Taken with an ASI183MC-P with a Tamron 150-600mm lens @ 600mm. 18 total minutes of exposure.
I didn't expect much from this. As this was the first time I took the "telescope" out in a long while. I took no flats or darks. I actually took 127 images, but boy does my Celestron mount like to drift around...
First Image with UHC Filter - fainter detail is much more visible
Nexstar 8SE/AVX Mount
Canon EOS T3i
Astronomik UHC Clip Filter
9 x 60 seconds @ ISO 1600
Darks, Flats & Bias
Here is a very wide field view capturing both the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) and the globular cluster M71. M27 is the blue ball in the upper right corner and M71 is the tight ball of stars in the lower left corner.
Tech Specs: Williams Optics Redcat 51 APO, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, Canon 6D stock camera, ISO 3200, 5 x 60 second exposures with dark/bias frames, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Image date: September 25, 2019. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
My goal with framing this shot was to include the Dumbbell Nebula (tiny, but bright, on the left), the asterism Brocchi's Cluster (lower right, AKA Coathanger) and some of the well-defined dark nebulae in the region (upper right). Emission nebulae are also fairly prominent near the center.
Acquisition details: Fujifilm X-T10, Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC @ f2.0, ISO 1600, 50 x 60 sec, tracking with iOptron SkyTracker Pro, stacking with DeepSkyStacker, editing with Astro Pixel Processor and GIMP, taken July 23, 2020 from Bortle 3/4 skies.
The Dumbbell Nebula (aka Messier 27) is perhaps the most well-known planetary nebulae in the night sky and a popular target for astrophotographers. Producing a lovely photograph of this sky jewel has been on my bucket list for quite some time, especially after seeing how beautiful the Dumbell Nebula looks when photographed deeply enough to resolve its “wings” and the intricate nebulosity which runs throughout.
From our perspective on Earth, the Dumbell Nebula, when including the outer “wings” as represented in this image, would be more than 1/2 of the diameter of our Moon in the sky if it were readily visible. The “wings” are exceedingly faint, but the brighter, more spherical “core” of the Dumbell is bright, and is easy to see through binoculars or a telescope. The “Dumbell” of Dumbell Nebula owes its origin to the way in which its core presents visually: “Two hazy masses in contact with a narrower zone between,” As T.W. Webb described in an earlier observation, or as D’Arrest wrote, “Very large and shining; two objects blending into one another.”
Photographed in Skull Valley, Utah, across multiple nights in 2022 and 2024. 29 hours 16 minutes of images were used and edited with PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop. Photography of this object primarily relied on my Celestron EdgeHD 8 telescope with 0.7x focal reducer, a ZWO ASI2600MM Pro monochrome astronomy camera, Astronomik Deep-Sky color filters and MaxFR Hydrogen-alpha and OIII narrowband filters, and a Rainbow Astro RST-135E strain wave mount. Natural color stars were captured using a Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED and natural color and structure were blended with photographs taken using a Celestron RASA 8.
More Information at My Website
mypetstars.com/astrophotography/M27
(including a starless view and post-processing)
And at AstroBin
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M27
Better ? processing at www.flickr.com/photos/floppypaws/5987945075/sizes/l/in/ph...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbbell_Nebula
Equipment:
Mount-Paramount ME
Camera - STL 6303 Astrodon Gen II filters, Heutech LPS prefilter
OTA - C14HD
Exposure: (5.34 hours total)
16 X 5 minutes Bin 2 RGB
16 X 5 minutes Bin 1 Lum.
Guided: MOAG @ 5 second exposure
Well I am more than happy with this result. Admitedly a rather bright subject but from from NYC I was not expecting such a good result, especially with the two hazy 90+ degree nights nights this was shot on. Tried not to overcook the processing as the data was plain terrific. No frames from the previous unguided shot was used. Going to run a HaOiiiSii series this week as skies permit.
M27 is the first planetary nebula ever discovered. Charles Messier discovered it in 1764. William Herschel invented the name "Planetary Nebula" around 1784 because he found them to resemble his newly discovered planet, Uranus.
Taken with my William Optics FLT91 w/ F6AIII 0.8x reducer.
Camera ZWO ASI2600MC Pro w/ Optolong L-eNhance 2" tri-band filter.
ZWO AM5 mount w/ ASIAir Plus
Processed with ASIStudio, PixInsight and Affinity Photo 2
Integration time: 2h 1m
More acquisition details: astrob.in/5ynfaa/C/
Bi-Colour, Ha - Red, OIII - Blue and synthesized Green using Noels Astro Tools.
C9.25 with f/6.3 FR, Atik 460EXM camera with 35nm Baader Ha filter and Baader OIII.
10 x Ha 1x1
9 x OIII 1x1
In 1991 the first image was taken of the halo surrounding M27. In 1992 a scientific paper was published describing this outer shell.
www.astro-photo.nl/publication/discovery-paper-halo-m27/w...
Information credit - Cloudy Nights forum.
It's ionized gas nebula around a white dwarf star only ~1360 light years from Earth.
Shot in Kaunas, Lithuania (Bortle 8 skies) in August 2021.
3hr exposure (45x4min ISO800).
Setup:
Unmodified Canon EOS R
Baader MPCC and IDAS D2 LPS filter
Skywatcher Explorer 150 PDS
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Guided with ZWO ASI120MM + ZWO 30 mm F/4 Mini Guide Scope
Software:
PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by a dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space.
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension: 19h 59m 36.340s
Declination: +22° 43′ 16.09″
Apparent magnitude (V): 7.4
Apparent dimensions (V): 8.0′ × 5.6′
Constellation: Vulpecula
Tech Specs: Meade 12” LX-90 SCT Telescope, Antares Focal Reducer, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at 0F, 134 x 60 seconds, Celestron CGX-L pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in DSS and PixInsight. Image Date: July 4, 2025. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Ecco M27 – la celebre Nebulosa Manubrio- come non la avevo mai vista (con il mio telescopio)
In questa ripresa ad alta risoluzione appare quasi come una campanella blu sospesa nel vuoto cosmico.
I dettagli finissimi mettono in luce screziature di rosso e arancio, tracce degli strati di gas ionizzato espulsi da una stella morente.
Questa immagine racconta la poesia della fine stellare trasformata in luce e colore.
Per i più curiosi, questa nebulosa è a circa 1.360 anni luce nella costellazione della Volpetta, ed è una delle nebulose planetarie più studiate e luminose del cielo.
La sua forma complessa è il risultato di venti stellari che hanno modellato le nubi residue, arricchendole di ossigeno, idrogeno e zolfo.
Questa immagine raccoglie 70 minuti di posa attraverso il filtro SVBONY 220 e con con lo SkyWatcher 200/1000
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Here's a selected set I've imaged/processed in 2017. Here's to a Happy New Year and clear skies for 2018! This has by far been the most productive year I’ve ever had. Total exposure on all these images was 133.4 hours.
M27, also called The Dumbbell Nebula (also known NGC 6853) it is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light years.
Taken with an AT8RC f/8 mounted on a Losmandy G11 using a Canon 450d(modified), an Astro-Tech Field Flattener and a LPS-P2-48 Light Pollution Suppression Filter
28 minutes (7x 4min.) of exposure at ISO1600
Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and post processed in PS CS5
A quick image of Messier 27, before exam season begins. Taken during nautical twilight since it doesn't properly get dark here in the UK now until August.
Details:
Skywatcher 200PDS
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
Canon EOS 700D
59 x 30s ISO800 subframes, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker and processed in IRIS and GIMP.
BAT (Big Amateur Telescope) project data
And my bit of data is also inside :)
And this is my interpretation/post-processing of it! :)
The Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27, M27 or NGC 6853) is a bright planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. It is easily seen in binoculars and wide-field photographs. The central star is an extremely hot blueish subdwarf. The nebula was created by the dying star ejecting a shell of gas into space. The inset image was further processed to bring out additional detail in the shell.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, Celestron CGEM-DX mount, Canon 6D stock camera, ISO 3200, 25 x 60 second exposures with dark/bias frames, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Image date: September 2, 2018. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.