Martin Germano obtained this beautiful b/w film image of planetary nebula M76, the "Little Dumbbell", with his self-made 14.5-inch Newtonian, exposed 50 minutes on hypered Kodak Tech Pan 2415 film.
CCD Image of planetary nebula M76 by the University of Arizona Astronomy Club. Notice the extensions to each side...
John Sefick's image of M76, the Cork or Little Dumbbell Nebula, taken with a 25-inch Newton and a ST-6 CCD camera. This image was shot at 20 second exposures in red, green, and blue.
Michael Purcell's image of M76, taken on November 12, 1995 at 00:38 with his Meade 10-inch f/6.3 SC Telescope and a ST7 CCD camera, exposed 5 minutes.
Image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula M76, here more appearing like a Cork, by Dr. Andjelko Glivar, Donja Stubica, Croatia, obtained through a C8, exposed 26 minutes on Fujicolor super G plus.
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