Dumbbell Nebula
The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 27, M27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula in the Vulpecula constellation, at a distance of about 1250 light years.
HST image of the Dumbbell nebula. Finger shaped knots are seen throughout and point to the central star just off the upper left edge of the image.
Dumbbell Nebula was discovered by Messier on July 12, 1764. One of the finest planetary nebulae, it is located 815 ly away and measures 2.5 ly across.
Dumbbell Nebula
A planetary nebula of large apparent diameter and low surface brightness in Vulpecula about 220 pc distant. (M27, NGC 6853)
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THE DUMBBELL NEBULA IN VULPECULA
MESSIER 27
From Jim Kaler's STARS; Return to Planetary Nebulae ...
The Little Dumbbell Nebula (NGC 650/651, Messier 76) is sometimes also called the Barbell Nebula or the Cork Nebula. It got its name after the Dumbbell Nebula (Messier 27) in the constellation Vulpecula, which it resembles.
The planetary nebula M 76, called Little Dumbbell Nebula, is a quite faint object, but with some nice irregular extensions in its appearence. For more information please refer to the Messier database.
M27 (NGC 6853, Dumbbell Nebula)
M31 (NGC 224, Andromeda Galaxy)
M32 (NGC 221, companion to M31)
M33 (NGC 598, Triangulum Galaxy)
M42 (NGC 1976, Orion Nebula)
M44 (NGC 2632, Praesepe)
M45 (Pleiades)
M50 (NGC 2323)
M51 (NGC 5194, Whirlpool Galaxy) ...
Next he showed me M27, the Dumbbell nebula, and a little later M42, the Orion nebula. Both were spectacular and also resembled long exposure photos with the exception of the missing colour.
It can be found: northeast of Delta and Gamma Sagittae, and southeast of Albireo (Beta1 Cygni); east of the Dumbbell Nebula; southwest of the Veil or Witch's Broom, Lace-work, Cirrus, Network, and Filamentary nebulae, ...
Many have bipolar outflows like the Dumbbell Nebula, Hourglass Nebula, and Eskimo Nebula whose different orientations of their poles with our line of sight cause the differences in their appearance as seen from the Earth.
This nebula is also known as the Little Dumbbell Nebula. Other names that have been given to this object include Cork Nebula, Butterfly Nebula, and Barbell Nebula. At magnitude 10.1 it is one of the fainter of the Messier objects.
The first planetary nebula discovered was the Dumbbell Nebula in the constellation of Vulpecula, observed by Charles Messier in 1764 and listed as M27 in his catalogue of nebulous objects.
Although its brightest stars are of only fourth magnitude it is notable for the Dumbbell Nebula, reputedly the most conspicuous of the class of so-called planetary nebulae.
Deep Sky Objects:
M27 (NGC 6853), "The Dumbbell Nebula" is a noted planetary nebula, large, bright, and oddly shaped (thus its name). It glows with a faintly green colour.
Related images (other sources -- see under 'Related Images' on pages below)
INT 8. IC 1340, part of the Veil nebula in Cygnus
INT 7. NGC 6995 and IC 1340, the Veil nebula in Cygnus
INT 11. M27, NGC 6853, the Dumbbell nebula in Vulpecula ...
 See also: Nebula, Planet, Star, Telescope, Light
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