Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr)  ·  Contains:  Helix Nebula  ·  NGC 7293  ·  PGC 170393  ·  PGC 170394  ·  PGC 192340  ·  PGC 2831352  ·  PGC 2831368  ·  PGC 3083239  ·  PGC 3094569  ·  PGC 3098405  ·  PGC 3098406  ·  PGC 3098407  ·  PGC 68899  ·  PGC 69039  ·  PGC 69066  ·  PGC 69093  ·  PGC 69131  ·  PGC 825934  ·  PGC 826510  ·  PGC 827252  ·  PGC 827809  ·  PGC 828023  ·  PGC 828290  ·  PGC 828605  ·  PGC 829362  ·  PGC 829468  ·  PGC 829818  ·  PGC 829880  ·  PGC 830589  ·  PGC 830768  ·  And 54 more.
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The Helix: a feeble attempt to look into God's Eye, Bruce Larsen
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The Helix: a feeble attempt to look into God's Eye

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The Helix: a feeble attempt to look into God's Eye

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The Helix remained low in the sky from my latitude in Escalante, UT, and I only had one night's data on it from my perfectly clear, dry, high altitude, Bortle-2 sky.  I probably could've obtained more detail with my Edge HD 8" with the focal reducer at f7, but knowing speed was critical in a short window of time, I shot it with my Esprit 80ED for its faster f5.

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The Helix: a feeble attempt to look into God's Eye, Bruce Larsen