M27 - Dumbbell Nebula




Recorded 2012 - 03 - 27


Telescope: Scopos 80mm f/7 triplet
Camera: Qcam9 mono
Filter: 1.25" Baader Ha and O-III


Bicolour image of this nebula. Only a few subs as i shot these just before the sky was getting too bright.

R: 3 x 450s Ha at 2x2 bin
G: Synthetic from Ha + O-III
B: 5 x 450s O-III at 2x2 bin








Recorded 2011 - 04 - 29


Telescope: TS Individual 102mm f/11 Achromat
Camera: Qcam9 mono
Filter: 1.25" Baader Ha, OIII, S-II

Captured more data as well as O-III and S-II data.

R: 17 x 300s S-II
G: 32 x 300s Ha
B: 17 x 300s O-III

Reprocessed image from 2012-04-30

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Processed image from 2011-04-29


Processed Ha from 2011-04-29







Recorded 2011 - 04 - 23


Telescope: TS Individual 102mm f/11 Achromat
Camera: Qcam9 mono
Filter: 1.25" Baader 7nm Ha

Was very curious how this nebula would be like at almost f/11. I was quite surprised.

14 x 300s.







Recorded 2010 - 11 - 08


Telescope: Scopos 80mm f/7 triplet
Camera: Canon EOS 500D (unmodded)
Filter: 1.25" Baader UV/IR Cut


10 x 240s.

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Recorded 2010 - 09 - 03


Telescope: Scopos 80mm f/7 triplet
Camera: Orion Deep Space Monochrome Imager II


15 x 120s.