Dumbbell
Heart Nebula
Description: Planetary Nebula
Common Name: Dumbbell Nebula
Messier Catalogue: 51
NGC: 6853
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
LBN: N/A
Constellation: Vulpecula
Size: 8.0 x 5.7 Arc Minutess
Visual Magnitude: +7.09
Distance: 1,360 Light Years
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 400
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 10 x 180 Seconds
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Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 08-07-2018
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?:Yes
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: N/A
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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