Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr)  ·  Contains:  Helix nebula  ·  NGC 7293  ·  PK036-57.1
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Helix Nebula NGC 7293, Göran Nilsson
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Helix Nebula NGC 7293

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Helix Nebula NGC 7293, Göran Nilsson
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Helix Nebula NGC 7293

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This is an RGB image made from POSS2 red and blue filter data with a synthetic green channel (a 50:50 mix of red and blue). All processed in PS CS5.

POSS2 is a 1990ies sky survey based on monochrome glass plate images (red or blue filtered) taken with a 1.2-m Schmidt camera at the Mt. Palomar Observatory. Data is available at:

http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form

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Helix Nebula NGC 7293, Göran Nilsson