Observation by Martin Griffiths: Dumbell Planetary nebula

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Martin Martin

Observer

Martin Griffiths

Observed

2013 Sep 14 - 20:15

Uploaded

2016 Nov 26 - 11:49

Objects

The Apple Core Nebula (M27)

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Constellation

Vulpecula

Field centre

RA: 19^h59^m
Dec: +22°45'
Position angle: -2°33'

Field size

0°55' × 0°45'

Equipment

100mm Vixen f10 Refractor and Canon 30D DSLR

Exposure

f10, ISO 1600 35 second exposure

Location

Brecon Beacons Observatory

Target name

Dumbell nebula

Title

Dumbell Planetary nebula

About this image

Planetary nebulae are amongst my favourite objects and the beautiful Dumbbell is one of the best.

Files associated with this observation

Messier 27.jpg (742.7 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Ron Johnson, Dawson, Peter Carson

Comments

Dawson, 2017 Jan 17 - 11:36 UTC

I also love planetary nebulae. This is a great capture of M27 especially given it appears to be only one 35 second exposure! I suspect you'd get even more detail if you could stack 50 or 100 exposures of 30 seconds each. Great stuff.

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