Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr)  ·  Contains:  Helix Nebula  ·  NGC 7293
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Helix Nebula NGC 7293 in HOO, Steve Robbins
Helix Nebula NGC 7293 in HOO
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Helix Nebula NGC 7293 in HOO

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Helix Nebula NGC 7293 in HOO, Steve Robbins
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Helix Nebula NGC 7293 in HOO

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My new scope, a Planewave 12.5in CDK, is in operation in a remote hosting site called Utah Desert Remote Observatories.  It has been producing images that exceed my expectations such as the beautiful detail in the Helix Nebula.  The site has nights when the seeing is very good and most of the images are taken from those best moments.   The tracking at times can reach as low as 0.30as as reported by PHD2.  0.50as is more common.  Several so-so images were discarded to yield the best data.   The fine detail in the gases streaming away from the center as well as the darker matter at about 2:00 were improved by eliminating the other images.

Taken in Ha and OIII the resulting HOO image was processed in both PI and PS. The center is very bright, so I employed some HDR techniques to balance with the Ha shown in red.

I hope you enjoy it.

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Helix Nebula NGC 7293 in HOO, Steve Robbins