M 27 in the Hubble Palette
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| Photographer | Wes Stauffer |
| Optics | A&M RC 400 IM-T |
| Mount | Paramount ME |
| Guiding | SBIG ST 402 through MMOAG with ProTrack engaged |
| Camera | Apogee U16M |
| Filters | Astrodon 5 nm SII, 5 nm Ha, and 3 nm OIII |
| Dates/Times | August 1 - 5, 2008 |
| Location | Tiburon, CA |
| Exposure Details | 5.5 Hours of SII x 10 Hours of Ha x 5.5 Hours of OIII (30 Minute Subs) |
| Acquisition | CCDSoft 5 and The Sky 6 Controlled via CCDAutopilot 4 |
| Processing | CCDStack, Photoshop CS3 |
| Notes | This narrowband image of the Dumbbell Nebula is made
up of 21 total hours of data and is shown in the Hubble
Palette. To increase the detail
in the central region I added a luminance layer from a mean combine of
the three narrowband channels. The narrowband sub exposures were processed and combined in CCDStack with each receiving a 150 iteration deconvolution routine. Final adjustments were made in PhotoShop.  |
