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Distance: 1,360 Light Years Magnitude: 7.4 Size: 8 x 5.7 Arc-minutes Age: 3,000-48,000 Years Telescope: Takahashi TOA-130 Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP 900 Exposures: Ha 20×1200 Bin 1, OIII20x1200 Bin 1 Messier 27 is a large planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula. At a size of 4.5 light years across it is a little wider […]
Exposures: L 13×300 Bin 1, RGB 13×150 Bin 2 Telescope: 10″ RC Camera: QSI 683 Mount: AP900 Distance: 2,300 Light Years Magnitude: 8.8 Size: 1.4 x 1 Arc-minutes Age: 6,000-8,000 Years Messier 57 is a small Planetary nebula in the constellation Lyra. Although it is very small the outer rings show brightly in short exposures. […]