Whiting NJ is not exactly New Mexico, but the skies are certainly darker than Montclair and it shows. This is a 5 minute shot of the dumbell with a one hour luminance in h alpha.
Filters and CCD camera allow us to image from our light polluted skies, but nothing can substitute for a darker sky. What a shame we are losing our night skies.
![Dumbbell nebula overhead Dumbbell nebula overhead](https://njastro.org/agx/agfiles/images/m27 from Whiting nj.thumbnail.jpg)