M27 in Vulpecula The Dumbbell Nebula
Taken @ Kitt Peak National Observatory June 14, 2002
Additional Luminance Data: Cold Spring Observatory June 2005
Image Credits: Fred Calvert / Adam Block / NOAO / KPNO /AURA / NSF
Image Position: RA: 19h 57.274M Dec: 22 deg 8.297’ Planetary Nebula Magnitude 7.5 Distance 1250 Light Years
Meade LX200 16 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope, f/10
CCD: SBIG ST8E w AO-7 Adaptive Optics System
Exposure: LRGB
Luminance = 75 minutes (binned 1 X 1) + 60 minutes (binned 1 X 1) ST2000XME resized with Mira AP
Red = 10 minutes (binned 2 X 2)
Green = 10 minutes (binned 2 X 2)
Blue = 20 minutes (binned 2 X 2)
Image Processing: Maxim DL Mira AP Adobe Photoshop 7.0
The photo of M27 shown above was used as the insert for the new Hubble Space Telescope Image of the lower right section of M27 that was published in the May 2003 issue of Sky and Telescope Magazine
