Time for the first image taken from the new house. Luckily all my equipment is still in working condition even though it hasn't been used in around 9 months. The target this time was M 27 also known as the Dumbbell Nebula. This is a fairly bright planetary nebula located about 1360 light years away in the constellation Vulpecula.
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| M 27 |
Image details
- Telescope: Stellarvue SV-105
- Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
- Exposure: 10 x 5 min (L), 3 x 5 min (RGB) binning 1 x 1
- Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 (with EQMod)
- Guider: SBIG ST-i (off axis)
- Location: Ballito, South Africa
- Date: 2014-07-19
- Software: Image acquisition with CCDOps, processing in Pixinsight
