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Photographer:
Kenneth Brassard
Location of Photo:
Lynn, MA USA
Date/Time of photo:
10/27/2023
Equipment:
Orion Xt10g goto Dobsonian Alt/Azimuth ZWO 294 MC ZWO EAF focuser L-extreme narrowband filter. Nexus 0.75x Focal Reducer and Coma Corrector
Description:
Good things come in small packages. I normally pass on capturing smaller targets since there’s usually very little detail to see in the final image. However, armed with my L-Extreme filter and my Nexus 0.75x reducer/coma corrector, I’m revisiting all my old targets and adding in some of the ones I passed on last year, just to see what’s hiding in that data. I picked a new one, for me, M76, The Little Dumbbell Nebula, also known as Messier 76, NGC 650/651, the Barbell Nebula, or the Cork Nebula. The size of this target is less than 3 arc minutes … small. Seeing and transparency were below average, and the almost full moon was lighting up the sky, adding light pollution issues to my already bright telescope site. I’m glad I tried! I’m very pleased with what came out
