M27 NGC6853 in hubble palette colors

M27 NGC6853, a tone mapped LUM(Ha), SII, Ha, OIII Hubble palette picture, exposure time Ha=5*20min, OIII=3*20min, SII=2*20min. Dark and flat frame subtraction done and astronomik filter used. Taken with Meade LX200ACF 16" in polar mount on wedge, Optec NextGEN WideField 0.5X reducer and SBIG ST-8XME used. Deconvolution and convolution techniques used on the star layer. Adobe photoshop CS4, ImagesPlus and Astroart4.0 programs used for picture processing. Sub-frames taken 15. and 19. Sep-09.

Another processed version but same raw data/frames used, is published via/on Meade4M:
http://www.meade4m.com/cgi-bin/gal_display.cgi?image=2063

Dumbbell Nebula Messier 27.

Dumbbell Nebula Messier 27.

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