M27

[Irish stargazer (John)]

I managed to take this image of the Dumbell Nebula within the 90 minutes or so of darkness that we get here at this time of the year. It consists of 9 x 2 minute subs stacked in DSS and processed in Gimp. Canon 450D (unmodded) on a CGE 11 at F6.3 (unguided)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3647/...f3011202_b.jpg

[iceman (Mike)]

Nice work John, looks a little overexposed on one side?

I've never photographed this object. Looking good!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Nice work there John.
It must be hard trying to image with such a dead line.