#dumbbell nebula

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Planetary Nebulae: clouds from dying stars © AlfonsoJoseMer1

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The Dumbbell Nebula, M27 // Christopher Stobie

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m27 (dumbbell nebula) | 9/7/24

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Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. The photogenic nebula is a favourite target of amateur astronomers.

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M27: The Dumbbell Nebula

Image Credit & Copyright: Patrick A. Cosgrove

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The Dumbbell Nebula

"The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. Planetary nebulae are now known to be the remains of stars that once looked a lot like our sun."

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The sky through the telescope, September 24, 2022

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Dumbbell Nebula

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Dumbbell Nebula

M27 in Vulpecula NGC 6853 Also known as the Apple Core Nebula In about five billion years, our Sun will run out of hydrogen fuel and begin burning helium. Swelling up to become a red giant, its surface will reach out as far as the Earth’s orbit. A further billion years will elapse before it runs out of helium and eject its outer layers of gas. These layers will expand outwards, forming what…

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my space photo was too massive and Tumblr said "omg! take it back! it's too big!", but not in a flattering way. 😔

Anyway, here he is after the reduction surgery. 🥺

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Dumbbell nebula (m27)

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M27: The Dumbbell Nebula - July 29th, 1995.

“The Dumbbell Nebula is a beautiful red and blue planetary nebula in the constellation of Vulpecula. It is the 27th object on Charles Messier's list of diffuse sky objects, and so is referred to as M27. Its high surface brightness makes it a good target for small telescopes. The term planetary nebula, used to describe this general class of objects, is misleading. Although these objects may appear round and planet-like in small telescopes, astronomers have determined them to be stars surrounded by cocoons of gas blown off in the late stages of evolution.”

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The Dumbbell Nebula, M27 // Sandu Val Cosmin

Seen in greater detail here, the Dumbbell Nebula, like many planetary nebulae, contains dark and bright knots. These knots are several times the size of our solar system and each has a mass three times that of our planet on average.

The nebula was named by John Herschel (1792-1871) in 1827 who noted it as "an unresolved nebula, shaped something like an hour-glass, filled into an oval outline with a much less dense nebulosity. The central mass may be compared to a vertebra or a dumb-bell."

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m27 (dumbbell nebula) | 9/1/24 | 3 min

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Dumbell Nebula

Very pleased with these photos I took this week using the OU’s remote telescope (COAST) The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the constellation Vulpecula, at a distance of about 1,360 light years from the Earth. Its central star, a white dwarf, is the largest white dwarf yet discovered.