by Robert Vanderbei

M27, the Dumb Bell Nebula 21:14 EDT July 23, 2006. Starlight Express SXV-H9 on 10″ RCOS at f/9. Ha = 64 min, O-III = 96 min L = Ha+OIII, R = Ha, G = O-III, B = O-III (guided 4-minute subexposures). Richardson-Lucy deconv, Gamma stretch. Credit: Robert Vanderbei: http://www.princeton.edu/~rvdb/images/NJP/m27.html