Andy Steere's
"M27 - THE DUMBELL NEBULA"
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The Dumbell Nebula is a small object! It's saving grace is that it is bright enough to be captured in short exposures. I've viewed this object with a number of different telescopes... including a 36" Obsession Reflector (a near religeous experience!)
This photo was taken through a Meade 10" f/10 SCT, but was shot at f/5.5 using the Lumicon Giant Easy Guider as the focal reducer. This is a manually-guided 30 minute exposure on un-hypered Fuji HR-1600.
This image is also available in a high-res version (1024x715x24bit JPG 151k).
I have produced a starchart (1024x768x16color 33K GIF) of this area, showing the photograph's frame. This chart was produced with the exceptional program MegaStar and shows stars down to 14th magnitude.
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Last modified on 03/25/2001
