The Helix Nebula also known as NGC 7293 or Caldwell 63,
the nebula's striking appearance earned it the nickname the Eye of God.

Let me start by saying a few words about how challenging this target was, the short time available in the skies and trying to get the core at the center, was not easy, and I had my RC collimated a few times just to make sure I had the stars perfect, and at the same time,
I've learned so much while processing it, for example, I used only the stars from the player-one filter, it seems after I got my last image published (Lower Nebula) my RC Telescope was collimated better than previously imaged using the Antlia Triband and the Radian Triad Ultra Quad-Band (which I believe is an outstanding filter), as well I finally got better understand of PixelMath and other processes, anyway back to the setbacks,
I have a narrow window of an hour or so every night (trees, power lines) to capture its lights,
and I had to spend more than 2 months to get a decent amount of data, the best part of that was I lost all my fits and xifs files after stacking with the APP and processing with PixInsight
(by a stupid mistake I formatted the drive, it happens to everyone now and then) so with just a few images/previews done,
I asked my friend  Ahmed Wegdan to help me do the final touch-up (he has Picasso's magic touch),
anyway, my goal was to get another 40 hours of data or more next year, I wanted to get as many details as possible from it, but with everything that happened I didn't want to waste 2 months of data, right?
With no further delay here is my version of the Helix nebula I want to share with the  Astrobin community, one of my favorite targets even though not as initially planned,  I'm very pleased with the result.

The Helix Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula,
formed by an intermediate to low-mass star, which sheds its outer layers near the end of its evolution.
Gases from the star in the surrounding space appear, from our vantage point, as if we are looking down at the helix structure.
The remnant central stellar core, known as the planetary nebula's central star (CS), is destined to become a white dwarf star.
The observed glow of the central star is so energetic that it causes the previously expelled gases to fluoresce brightly.
The nebula is in the constellation of Aquarius and lies about 650 light-years away, spanning about 0.8 parsecs (2.5 light-years).
Its age is estimated to be 10600 years, based on the ratio of its size to its measured expansion rate of 31 km·s−1.