M27 - The Dumbell Nebula

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Object information: M27 is the most spectacular of planetary nebula in our skies, at mag 7.4 it is easily visible with a small telescope. It is located within the constellation of Vulpecula lying close to the eastern edge of the "Summer Triangle" formed by Deneb, Vega and Altair.

Date: 12th August 2007.

Scope: Nexstar 8" GPS with AstroPhysics 0.67 telecompressor.

Camera: SXVF H9.

Guiding: SXV adaptive optics with SXV guidehead.

8x500 secs for both Ha and OIII. Combined in maxim. Luminence is a combined Ha and OIII. Some deconvolution in CCD sharp. For the RGB I used the OIII as both a green and red channel and the Ha as red. This was my first successful attempt at using the SXV AO unit.