Other Names: M27, NGC 6853
Optics: Meade 10" ACF SCT at f/9.4
Mount: Paramount MX using The SkyX Pro
Camera: QSI 683WSG-8
Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm, OIII 3nm
Exposure: 1890 Mins or 31.5 hours, [22.5 Ha, 9 OIII], 1800s exposures, Binned 2x2
Accessories: Auto guided with Starlight Xpress Adaptive Optics, Starlight Xpress Lodestar & PHD2. FLI Atlas focuser using FocusMax 4.1.0.72
Location: Burlington, ON, Canada
Date: Taken over several nights from September 17th, 2017 to June 3rd, 2018

Notes: Image acquisition with TSX Pro using MaxPilote automation software.
Processing: Image calibration, & align in Maxim DL Pro. Levels, curves, cosmetic adjustments and crop/resize in Photoshop. Color mapped to the HOO bi-colour palette in PS. Calibrated w/32 Darks, 100 Bias, 50 Flats of each filter using natural sky flats. CCD temperature was -25C. Image was taken from my backyard Observatory.

The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Apple Core Nebula, Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light-years.
This object was the first planetary nebula to be discovered; by Charles Messier in 1764. At its brightness of visual magnitude 7.5 and its diameter of about 8 arcminutes, it is easily visible in binoculars, and a popular observing target in amateur telescopes.