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M76 image by by

Scott J. Wolk and Nancy R. Adams.

The data were taken at the 48″ at the Fred Lawerence Whipple Observatory

in Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, on 12/30/96.

This CCD image is a composite of two images in narrow band filters;

a Hydrogen alpha filter and a Sulphur II [SII] filter.

The integration times were 450 seconds each. For the tricoloring proceedure,

the [SII] filter was used for both the green and blue images.

• More images by Scott Wolk and Nancy Adams

  

  KPNO image of M76, taken by George Jacoby.

  This is a very typical sort of planetary nebula

  of the “Butterfly” shape variety. Many nebulae are thought to look

  like this, having 2 lobes (the wings) and a central dense disk.

• More images from George Jacoby

  

  Messier 76 (NGC 650), the “Little Dumbbell” planetary nebula in Perseus, shown

  in an R-band CCD image taken with the 1.1-meter Hall telescope at

  Lowell Observatory. This image emphasizes H-alpha emission; note both the

  bipolar inner structure and the faint outer loops of ionized gas.

  Credit: Bill Keel, University of Alabama.

• More images from Bill Keel’s collection

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• More images of M76

• Amateur images of M76

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