Dumbbell Nebula by vis151

Photography • Space • posted on Dec 11, 2011

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M27, or the Dumbbell Nebula, is now known to be a gaseous emission nebula created as a sun-like star ran out of nuclear fuel in its core. I took 60 thirty second photos and stacked them. Thanks for viewing.