M27 Dumbbell Nebula

Twain Harte, California.

This was my first ever try at a proper RGB image. I used a set of Astronomik filters and took 10 x 5 minute images for each red, green and blue filter and then combined them to make this color image. I still need to take some luminance channel images and maybe some hydrogen-alpha and OIII images to combine with the color data to bring out more structure and fine detail.

Starlight Xpress MX-716 and Astro-Tech AT65EDQ 65mm f/6.5 refractor mounted on a Losmandy G11 mount. 10 x 5 minute sub-frames for each red, green and blue channels using Astronomik Type 2C LRGB filter set. Processed with DeepSkyStacker.