Observation by Steve Brown: M76 - the Little Dumbbell Nebula

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Steve Brown

Observer

Steve Brown

Observed

2022 Dec 27 - 01:03

Uploaded

2023 Jan 07 - 10:22

Objects

The Little Dumbbell Nebula (M76)

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 01^h42^m
Dec: +51°37'
Position angle: +55°37'

Field size

0°27' × 0°15'

Equipment

Canon 250D
NexStar 6SE

Exposure

16x 15s exposures at 1500mm fl, f/10, ISO 3200

Location

North Yorkshire

Target name

M76 (the Little Dumbbell Nebula)

Title

M76 - the Little Dumbbell Nebula

About this image

I was observing M76 to tick it off the list of Messier objects I have seen and sketched and I thought I'd try to capture it with my DSLR too. It was quite easy to capture with a single long exposure but to get a good image I had to use several short exposures. I use a SCT on an alt-az mount so long exposure astrophotography is a bit tricky. I was pleased with how bright M76 appeared after stacking and it really does look like its larger namesake, M27. I used a Canon 250D DSLR attached to a Celestron NexStar 6SE scope for this shot. It was stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed with FastStone Image Viewer and Photoshop.

Files associated with this observation

M76.jpg (1.8 MB)

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