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Date/Location Wide: July 7, 2026 DeKalb County, MO; Narrow: October 15, 2015 KEASA Observatory, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings Wide: Celstron Origin Mark 1; Narrow: SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD Camera -10°C
Telescope Wide: Celstron Origin ; Narrow: Discovery 10" f/6 Newtonian with Paracorr II Coma Corrector yielding f/6.9
Mount Wide: Celstron Originl Equitorial Wedge; Narrow: Paramount ME
Exposure Wide: 750 seconds (25 x 30s); Narrow: 60 minutes (12 x 5 min)
Processing Wide: Photoshop C6; Narrow: CCDOpts, Images Plus 5.75, Photoshop CS5
Other Open star cluster in the constellation Cygnus. Mag 7.3. Size 5.0 arc min.
M27 The Dumbbell Nebula
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