Also while I was taking some pictures of the Ring Nebula, I decided to take a quick look at the dumbbell nebula. Here I did some darkening like I did on the Orion Nebula before. It got better, but I think some better planning, light pollution filters, etc. would make it better.
Canon Rebel XS, through my 120mm refractor, with 10mm eyepiece projection, 90 seconds |
Same picture, with some processing |