M76 Little Dumbell Nebula
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine November 2019
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine September 2020
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine November 2020
Published in Astronomy Now Magazine December 2020
M76 is a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Perseus. It is 2,500 light years from Earth.
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Nomenclature:  M76, Little Dumbell Nebula, Wajih 97, NGC 650/651, Barbell Nebula, Cork Nebula
Right Ascension: 01:42:24
Declination: +51:34:31
Size: 2.8 arc min
Discovery: Pierre Méchain in 1780

EQUIPMENT USED
Twin APM TMB LZOS 152 refractors
10Micron GM2000 HPS mount
Twin QSI6120 CCD cameras
Astrodon filters
IMAGE CAPTURE
5nm Ha: 57x1800 bin 1x1, 105x600 bin 2x2
3nm OIII: 15x1800 bin 1x1, 62x600 bin 2x2
Luminance: 33x600 bin 1x1
Red: 21x300 bin 1x1
Green: 21x300 bin 1x1
Blue: 21x300 bin 1x1
Total integration: 74.6 hours
Pixel scale: 0.533 arcsec/pixel
Field radius: 0.143 degrees
Capture dates: 9-27 August 2019
Capture location:  Fregenal de la Sierra, Spain
IMAGE PROCESSING
Pre-processing: CCDStack2
Post-processing: Photoshop CS2