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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
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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
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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;
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