M27- Astronomy and astrophotography CCD camera images

02/09/2005
Object name: M27 Dumbbell nebula
Popular name: Dumbbell nebula
Object type: Planetary Nebula
Magnitude: 7.6
Size: 6.7 0
Position angle: 0
Classification: PN
Apparent RA: 19 59 36.3 Apparent Dec: +22 43 18
Constellation: Vulpecula

I have been collecting quite a few frames of M27 in black and white because of the new variable star. Last night I decided to final capture some RGB frames to add colour.

Captured in k3ccdtools, stacked in registax, coregistered and scaled in Iris, combined LRGB in photoshop

Exposure Details :

Green 10x30s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5
Blue 10x30s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5
Red 10x30s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5
28x40s on 200mm @ F5 with SC3.5

Curdridge Observatory, Southampton,UK