M27

"The Dumbell Nebula"

Constellation- Vulpecula

Right Ascension: 19h 59m 49s

Declination: +22° 43' 42"

Distance: 1250 light years

Visual Brightness: 7.4 mag

Apparent Dimension: 8.0x5.7 arc minutes

Image info:

Date- September 16, 2003

Telescope/Focal length/Camera- Celestron Nexstar11 GPS @ f/10, SBIG ST-8XE NABG at –20C

Integrations: Luminence- (4) @ 300 seconds clear, (3) @ 300 seconds O-III, RGB- (3) each filter @ 300 seconds, darks and flats.

Processed in CCDSoft Ver. 5.00. L/R application and color combined in Astroart 2.0.