M27 is one of the brightest and most visually pleasing planetary nebula. It resides in the constellation Vulpecula, the fox, and is best placed for the Northern Hemisphere in the summer and fall.
This was my first image taken through the MVAS Apollo Observatory 16" LX-200.
• Date: July 19,
2003
• Exposure: 45 minutes + 45 minutes
• Telescope: 16" LX-200 f/10
• Guiding: SBIG STV
• Camera: Olympus OM-1
• Film: Kodak Supra 400 (not hypered)
• Scanned: Hewlett Packard S20
• Processing: Two images combined in RegiStar. Adjusted curves and performed
anti-vignetting in Adobe Photoshop 6. Noise reduction using SGBNR.
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