Uploaded April 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Nik Szymanek offers us tea and biscuits as we go in search of the Dumbbell Nebula. Also featuring Professor Mike Merrifield from the University of Nottingham. Messier object playlist: bit.ly/MessierObjects

Nik's webiste: ccdland.net

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Adam Block: caelumobservatory.com
Philip Perkins: astrocruise.com
Jim Misti: mistisoftware.com/astronomy
Fred Espenak: astropixels.com

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Videos by Brady Haran
Additional editing in this film by Stephen Slater