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Daniel Ethier @dethier1958.bsky.social

The Dumbbell Nebula. This is about 5 1/2 hours of imaging over three nights. Very clear all three nights. This is the result of a star that exploded about 10,000 years ago. It is about 1360 light years away and about 2 light years in diameter. #astronomy

A oval nebula with the longer dimension vertical is in the center of the image. It is mostly blue-green with reddish colors on the left and right and a bit at the top and mixed in tangles through the nebula. The nebula is set against a dense field of thousands of stars, with one brighter star to the upper left.
sep 1, 2025, 9:55 pm • 1 0

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