Dumbbell Nebula (M27)

in photography •  7 years ago 

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The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light-years, with a 2 light-years diamater and a age of 9800 years.(dixit Wikipedia)

To take this photo i used the following setup:
Scope: Newton Skywatcher 200/1000
Mount: AZEQ6
Camera: Atik One 6.0

The total exposure is around 8 hours over 1 night in august 2016. As my camera is black & white i use bicolor palette by stacking and mapping to RGB a combination of:

8 photos of 20 min flitering around Ha ray of Hydrogen
8 photos of 20 min filtering around OIII ray of Oxygen

I used the software Prism 10 to manage the capture, the pre-treatment (Removing offset, dark and flat). The stacking and the post-treatment was done with Pixinsight and at the end Photoshop.

I used the software Prism 10 to manage the capture, the pre-treatment (Removing offset, dark and flat). The stacking and the post-treatment was done with Pixinsight and at the end Photoshop.

Technical detail of the photo here: https://www.astrobin.com/261256/

If you want more information, ask me in comment !

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Why does it look so magical?

Nature is beautiful !