Messier 27, the Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula, a popular deep-sky object and one of the finest examples of a planetary nebula in the sky, a nebula blown off in shells by the solar winds and eruptive events at the end of the life of a Sun-like star. This is a stack of 9 x 6-minute exposures with the Sky-Watcher Quattro 8-inch astrographic Newtonian reflector, at f/4 with the coma corrector. The camera was the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Shot from home, Oct 12-13, 2015.
Clusters and nebulosity at the feet of Gemini the twins, on the border of Orion. M35 star cluster is at top, and supernova remnant IC 443 is below. Brightest nebula in NGC 2174 in Orion, while small nebula below it is IC 2162. Large faint nebula at bottom right is Lower's Nebula, aka Sharpless 2-261. This is a stack of 5 x 8 minute exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 800 with the Canon 5D MkII and Canon L-series 135mm lens.
