Little Dumbbell Nebula by adam stuart

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12-4-05	adam stuart

Little Dumbbell Nebula

miami, fl

M76. The two lobes of the "bowtie" shape are each three-dimensional expanding bubbles, approximately 6 trillion miles in diameter.

Starlight Xpress HX916
Stellarvue Nighthawk @ f/6, piggybacked on STV-guided
10" LX200 classic at f/6.3 (1575 mm). Astronomik 13 nm H-alpha filter, 30 x 600 seconds unbinned 1x1. Aligned in AIP4Win and stacked in Ray Gralak's sigma pre-beta 11. Curves in Corel Photopaint 8.0. Gorgeous night of imaging for Miami, Florida
(71 degrees F and 58% humidity). full exif

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