M27 - The Dumbbell or Apple Core Nebula

Here's another go at imaging a DSO (Deep Sky Object) with my Celestron C6SE SCT on an EQ6-R Pro equatorial mount rather than the scope's own NexStar alt/az mount.  This time it's M27 planetary nebula also known as the Dumbbell or Apple Core Nebula (I prefer the latter). Once again I've not used a focal reducer in order to make the image as large as possible and I don't think that the image suffers too much because of it.

I've seen this large planetary nebula portrayed in several different colours so here's a version which has been processed slightly differently:

My Third All-Nighter

Here are some shots from my third All-Nighter this month where I stay up until the wonderful Dawn Chorus of birds start singing in order to view Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the Moon rising in the south east.  But before that happens I spent the night taking shots of Deep Sky Objects.

M81 and M82 - Bodes Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy

M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula

Can you see anything?

Right to Left - Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the Moon does below.

Jupiter showing some very faint cloud bands

Saturn - nice to see the separation between the planet and it's rings

Mars - well at least it's a bit reddish!

The waning crescent moon

M57 - Dumbbell Nebula