File:Messier 76 – The Little Dumbbell Nebula in Perseus.jpg

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English: It took some effort to bring out any details in this Messier object! M76 is a planetary nebula found in the constellation Perseus, it has a magnitude of 10.1 and is about 2,500 light years away. Initial imaging on October 19th produced a very flat image with no details, an addition 25 minutes of data was obtained on November 4th, more is needed.

Tech Specs: This image is composed of 180 x 15 second images (45-minutes total) at ISO 3200 with 10 x 15 second dark frames and 10 x 1/4000 second bias frames. Equipment: Meade LX90 12” telescope and Canon 6D camera mounted on a Celestron CGEM-DX mount, unguided. Software: DeepSkyStacker, ImagesPlus, and Adobe Lightroom. Imaging was done on October 19 and November 4, 2016. Location: Weatherly, Pennsylvania.

Online Resources: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Dumbbell_Nebula) SEDS (http://messier.seds.org/m/m076.html)

APOD (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100723.html)
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