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M27

24.08.2005 22:00 UTC

Dumbbell is perhaps the most impressive planetary nebula in the northern sky. One can not miss the applecore shape of M27, and adding little aperture, the overall round shape can be seen as here in my sketch. Stars are like ugly flies. Later I have drawn stars much rounder. (seliseli)

NGC Object List:
NGC6853 planetary nebula RA:19h59m36.3 Dec:+22°43m'18" BMag: 7.6, M 27 Dumbbell Nebula

Sketch

| Location: Blueberry Street Observatories, Koivula, Kotka | Seeing: 3(5) | Background Sky: 3(5) | Magnification: 107x | Half cloudy weather, moon is approximately 15 degrees above horizon. |

Added: 29.11.2005 16:30 UTC