Thanks so much to Tom Wildoner for sharing his photo with us. Tom wrote:
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.
Here’s more from Tom about this shot:
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.
Tom’s got more great photos on his Facebook page, here.
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