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[M27 VLT image]
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The Dumbbell Nebula, Messier 27, as photographed within the FORS Science Verification program with the FORS spectrograph on the ESO 8.2-meter VLT Unit Telescope (UT) 1. This image was obtained on September 28, 1998.

  • This image was featured as Astronomical Picture of the Day for October 9, 1998

    [M27 Center, VLT]
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    Central part of the Dumbbell Nebula, enlarged from the previous image.

  • This image was featured as Astronomical Picture of the Day for October 13, 1998

  • ESO Press Release 38/98, photos 38a/98 and 38b/98
  • More ESO images of Messier objects

  • More images of M27
  • Amateur John Sefick's images of M27
  • Amateur images of M27; more amateur images

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