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M76 Little Dumbbell Planetary Nebula in Perseus Distance 3,900 ly. This nebula is 5 times more distant than M27 but is about the same size. The inner shape is of an hourglass & has nebulous loops connecting the four corners. Was a LRGB image, but discarded the RGB as no good at the processing Link-words: Nebula

M76 Little Dumbbell Planetary Nebula in Perseus

Distance 3,900 ly. This nebula is 5 times more distant than M27 but is about the same size.
The inner shape is of an hourglass & has nebulous loops connecting the four corners.
Was a LRGB image, but discarded the RGB as no good at the processing

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File information
Filename:M76-Little-Dumbbell-10-x-30.jpg
Album name:Fay / Nebulae
Rating (2 votes):22222
Link-words:Nebula
Image date, time and location:15/11/07 18.48
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:AP: 80mm FR: 600mm 10 x 300 secs
Camera and filters used:SX MX7 cls filter, first image to be guided with PHD
Processing applied:Stacked in MAxim DL, processed in PS CS
Filesize:225 KiB
Date added:Nov 18, 2007
Dimensions:752 x 580 pixels
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URL:http://gallery.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/displayimage-358-_M76_Little_Dumbbell_Planetary_Nebula_in_Perseus.html
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