Tonight was mostly clear, with occasional wispy clouds. I decided just to focus on one thing with my D50 and choose the Dumbbell Nebula – M27. M27 is a planetary nebula (which has nothing to do with planets) which is the remnants of a star that exploded. You can see the star if you zoom in – it’s the cyan one in the center of the nebula. The huge number of stars in this image is from the location of this nebula inside the Milky Way. The Dumbell Nebula (or Apple Core Nebula as I refer to it) is an easy to find and easy to see target in the fall night sky.
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