The Sky Today on Saturday, June 7: The Dumbbell Nebula

There’s a short dark window of about an hour after the Moon sets and before twilight begins to brighten the sky this morning. Use it to track down one of the most famous planetary nebulae in the sky: M27, the Dumbbell Nebula. Shining at magnitude 7.4 and stretching some 8’ by 6’, this was theContinue reading “The Sky Today on Saturday, June 7: The Dumbbell Nebula”
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