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M76 — Little Dumbbell (deep edit, final) · M76

Final deep edit — the bright OIII-rich bipolar core flanked by the fainter pink Hα halo extending well beyond the dumbbell.

Messier 76 (Little Dumbbell Nebula) in Perseus — bipolar planetary nebula, photographed from Plau am See on 18 Oct 2025
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TargetM76
TypeNebula
RA01h 42m 19.7s
Dec+51° 34′ 31.8″
Captured2025-10-18
Integration~4 h (14,280 s)
Frames~120 × 120 s
Filters2" Hα + OIII dual-band
Gain120
SiteKlebe, Plau am See, Mecklenburg
BortleBortle 3