M27

19991001: M27 :Dumbell Nebula, LCMY Color (5:6.5:5:3.6 minutes respectively), Jordan Lake near Pittsboro NC.  SBIG ST-8 with 9 micron pixels, and C14 at f5.5 (Optec focal reducer).   Registration and combine with MaxIM DL.  Processing besides Dark and Flat Field: repaired bad spike on upper star using Picture Window Pro.  The above image was resampled to 640x480.  If you want to see a full scale image, cropped slightly from the original click here (97Kb 1200x900 pixel JPEG) .

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Dec 06, 1999, created.