The Dumbbell is a planetary nebulae spectacular in color and shape, only 1200 light years distant. This image is from 8.5 hours data from 2024-06-07 and 2024-08-06 from my garden in Austin, Texas, under Bortle 7 skies. 102 five minute exposures plus darks. WO RedCat 250/51mm, L-Ultimate dual NB filter, ASI533 MC camera, ASIAIR Plus controller, SW AZ-EQ5 mount.

Processed in PixInsight: drizzle stacked then SPCC, Auto DBE, RC-Astro Noise/Blur/StarXTerminator plugins, GHS stretch, HDR MultiScale, Local Histogram Equilization, and LR deconvolution sharpening. Additional 2x upscale with Topaz Photo with final exp and crop in Affinity Photo