Date: Imaged 18 April 2019 (03:45 am) br/Location: Halifax, NS br/Equipment: Orion 80mm f6 ED-triplet refractor/ ZWO ASI183MC CMOS camera with UV/IR cut filter; prime focus, unguided; gain 120, 45 sec exposure/EQ6-R mount. br/Processing: 143 subs and 30 darks were captured as RGB24/PNG images, which were then stacked using DeepSkyStacker without any other adjustments to the stacked image. Photoshop CS2 was used to adjust levels, curves (stretching data) and color balance/saturation, as well as for noise reduction. StarTools was used for gradient removal. Microsoft Photo was used to tweak clarity, contrast, highlights, shadows, and exposure of the final jpg image. br/Comments: Messier 27 is a planetary nebula that is also known as the ldquo;Dumbbell Nebulardquo; or ldquo;Apple Core Nebulardquo; because of its distinctive shape. Messier 27 was the first planetary nebula to be discovered. It is located in the constellation Vulpecula.