M76

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

M76 by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u9000
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 0 minutes
  • Red = 80 minutes
  • Green = 80 minutes
  • Blue = 80 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 510 minutes
  • OIII 3nm = 630 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 0 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack
  • Photoshop CC

About this image


M76 is also known as the little dumbbell nebula in Andromeda. This deep image shows the very faint outer gas layers of this dying star forming a planetary nebula. This image can also been seen at NASA APOD.

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M76 shown with Hydrogen mapped to orange and OIII mapped to blue.

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