Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr)  ·  Contains:  HD213056  ·  HD213069  ·  Helix Nebula  ·  NGC 7293
Helix Nebula, Ed Albin
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Helix Nebula

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Peering into the "Eye of God" as it's sometimes called by astronomers, here's an image of the Helix Nebula taken last night from my observatory in rural east-central Georgia. This celestial object marks the site of stellar death more than 600 light years from Earth. Although hindered by hazy skies, I wanted to test my C14 telescope with a wide-field imaging attachment called a hyperstar, which converts the telescope from f/11 to f/2

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Helix Nebula, Ed Albin

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