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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.

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.

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