Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr)  ·  Contains:  Helix Nebula  ·  NGC 7293
Helix Nebula  (NGC 7293), Greg T.
Helix Nebula  (NGC 7293)
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Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)

Helix Nebula  (NGC 7293), Greg T.
Helix Nebula  (NGC 7293)
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Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)

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The "Eye of God" is an object that does not rise above 27degrees here in my area. It also runs behind trees, multiple utility cables, a telephone pole, and then trees again. The whole imaging run lasts just 2 and 1/2 hours. Then I have to cull all of the images that are obscured by the objects just mentioned.

That said, I was able to get 3 hours and 5 minutes of usable data over two nights,...Sept 1st 2022 and Sept 23rd 2022. However, the second night on the 23rd was extreme poor seeing. FWHM was into the upper 5-6 range!

But I kept the data as it did produce more Ha data. It is doubtful that I will get any more data on this wonderful object this year as the object has drifted out of range from my driveway!

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Helix Nebula  (NGC 7293), Greg T.