Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr)  ·  Contains:  Helix Nebula  ·  NGC 7293  ·  The star υAqr
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NGC 7293  the Helix Nebula, RonAdams
NGC 7293  the Helix Nebula
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NGC 7293 the Helix Nebula

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NGC 7293  the Helix Nebula, RonAdams
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NGC 7293 the Helix Nebula

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I decided before I went outside that I was going to try and image NGC 7293 the Helix Nebula. I've always wanted to image this object but just never got around to it. Like last night I fought with the Moon and constant clouds. I would take 2 or 3 subs and then have to wait for clouds to pass then take 2 or 3 more subs etc, etc, etc. I didn't finish imaging until almost 4:00am. Toward the end of the night the Moon moved way to the West and the sky where I was imaging darkened some and

I was able to get some fairly decent images. I'm pleased with my image not because it's a great image but because after a lot of years I finally got an image of this object. And with all of that said please enjoy my first image of NGC 7293. I was kind of surprised at the size of this object. It's almost the same size as a full Moon if I were to image the Moon with my little AT72ED.

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  • NGC 7293  the Helix Nebula, RonAdams
    Original
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  • NGC 7293  the Helix Nebula, RonAdams
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    NGC 7293  the Helix Nebula, RonAdams
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B

Description: I looked at my image with a rested brain and fresh eyes. I reprocessed the image to try and get a more subtle color and a more delicate looking nebulosity. I also tried to bring out some of the extended nebulosity around this object. However I was not successful with that. Anyway I like this image better than the original.

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C

Description: I can't get outside and image due to the weather. I decided to play around with the processing on some of my images to try and improve them. On this image I attempted to bring out a little more nebulosity, adjust the color a little, and improve the star field.

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NGC 7293  the Helix Nebula, RonAdams