#messier 27

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The Dumbbell Nebula, M27 // Brian Diaz

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Messier 27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Meet M27 – the very first planetary nebula ever discovered in astronomical history! (spotted back in 1764 by Charles Messier)

Located roughly 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula, this expanding gas cloud spans about 2 to 3 light-years across.

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Messier 27 !

Also known as the Dumbbell Nebula, was rendered using a narrowband Hubble Palette technique to reveal intricate structures and glowing knots of gas.

Patrick A. Cosgrove

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Picture of M27, the Dumbbell nebula (aka the Apple Core Nebula), I took at the end of last month. This is a planetary nebula, it's the result of a star similar to our sun, that had turned into a red giant at the end of its life, ejecting its outer layer of gas and plasma into space. A planetary nebula is probably a relatively ''short'' phenomena, lasting around 10 000 years. Once the central star has ejected most of its hydrogen/helium and that the nuclear fusion in it has stopped, the nebula will start to cool down and disappear while the star turns into a white dwarf. Planetary nebula have an important role in redistributing some of the matter from dead/dying stars in the interstellar medium.

I personally think that photo is good, but some of the more faint external structures are barely visible, might take another picture of it and/or more photos to stack later in the month.

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The Dumbbell Nebula

"The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. Planetary nebulae are now known to be the remains of stars that once looked a lot like our sun."

Image and information from NASA

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