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2010/06/11 D.M.Conrad

Dumbell Nebula / M27 / NGC6853

Sedro Woolley, Wa.

Image Center RA 20h00m03.1s DE +22°44' 45"
Located just southeast of Cygnus in the constellation Vulpecula about 1350 light years away.
It is estimated to be 9 to 10 thousand years old with a white dwarf at its' center.

Hutech Clear Filter 40D,Celestron C-8
3 X 20 min. exposures with Baader Moon/Skyglow filter
Stacked with Nebulosity
Older Mountain Instruments MI-250 tangent arm mount.
Borg 77 Ach guide scope with an Orion Starshoot autoguider using PHD guiding. full exif


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