Dumbbell Nebula

This image of the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) was taken at 1AM from Tudek Park on August 18, 2007 during a local outing of the CPO club. The image is a composition of twenty nine 15 second exposures using a $129 Meade DSI camera and a very old eight inch Celestron SC telescope taken by one of the club's new members, Hein Hundal. Other images taken that night included Neptune, Uranus, M1 (Crab Nebula), M110 (Andromeda satellite galaxy), M35 (Gemini open cluster), M85, IC5146, NGC 6934, and NGC 7293. The other objects observed by the club that evening included the Moon, Jupiter, the M81 spiral galaxy (Bode's Nebula), M82 irregular galaxy (Cigar Galaxy), M4 (Globular Cluster), M13 (Great globular cluster of Hercules), and M101 (Pinwheel galaxy). The telescopes used for observation were a 10.5 inch Meade, a 15 inch Dobsonian, and an 8 inch Newtonian.

Last Updated 1/25/2013