It's been...difficult these past couple of weeks. Holly was bitten in the eye by a mamushi (poisonous snake) in our backyard. She was hospitalized for a week. We thought she was going to die. Her head swelled to the size of a basketball. She lost her left eye. The swelling has come down, but more hospital visits are required. She started eating again and she is being weaned off of steroids and pain pills. Holly is starting to show signs of her old mischievious self. I'll update her health status as the weeks (months) progress.
This has given me an opportunity to process images as I need to be in the same room with her around the clock. These are images of M27 Dumbell Nebula. One is processed in RGB and the other in narrowband. M27 is the first planetary nebula discovered and is a popular target for astrophotographers. The Dumbell Nebula is basically a star shedding off it's outer layers and it slowly dies. As far as the image itself, nothing special here. I took the images late in the season and I did not have enough integration time to get the outer rings...maybe next time.
Image in Red, Green, and Blue
Image in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur
