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Left: amateur image, right: Hubble image of the nebula Messier 27.

Messier 27: Amateur Image vs. Hubble Image

Messier 27 (M27) is a planetary nebula located some 1,200 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. The left image was taken with an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope using a 0.63x focal reducer and a DSLR Camera. The right image was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Image Credit: Amateur Image: Photographed by and used with permission of K. Hartnett; Hubble Image: NASA/ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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