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Messier M27

 
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Messier Object Information

Messier object: M27
Common name for Messier object: Dumbbell Nebula
NGC (New General Catalog) number: NGC 6853
Discription: Planetary Nebula
Located in constellation: Vulpecula
Right ascension in hours minutes: 19:59.6
Declination in degrees minutes: 22:43

Visual magnitude: 7.4
Size: 8.0 x 5.7 arc minutes
Image size: 31 arc minutes high by 41 arc minutes wide
Image orientation: North is left, West is top, East is bottom and South is right
Detailed discription of M027 in SEDS Messier database
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Observing Log
Date of observation: September 23, 2000
Time at end of first CCD image 21:22 PDT
Time at end of last CCD image 21:27 PDT
Observing Location: At home on the drive way
Observation of object: M27 is a large bright planetary nebula that look like a dumbbell with bright patches. The southwestern part is brighter than the northeastern part of the nebula
 
Sky Conditions
Moon rise at 2:57 PDT on September 24, 1998
Astronomical twilight ends in the evening at 20:46 PDT on September 23, 1998
Astronomical twilight starts in morning at 5:19 PDT on September 24, 1998
 
Observing Equipment
Fastar

Celestron C-8 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with Fastar lens accessory and SBIG ST-237 CCD Camera
CCD image time: 8 - 30 seconds images stacked together
CCD dark calibration frame: 8 - 30 seconds dark frames
CCD bias calibration frame: 8 - 0 seconds bias frames
CCD flat calibration frame: 8 - 30 seconds flats frames at twilight (5:48 PDT)


M27 image taken with Orion ShortTube 80 mm refractor telescope and Cookbook CB245 CCD Camera.


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