Helix Nebula

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Helix Nebula

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This object is harder to image than I had anticipated. The surface brightness is very dim, just a notch or two above the ambient air glow. Haze and high humidity leads to severe gadients too. You can see from the picture, more integration time would be necessary to smooth it out.

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Post by rcj »

nice effort kelvin! u managed to capture the little wisp of HA data on top as well! liked the wide-field look to it. try to capture more frames for stacking next time!
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Good job
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Hi,
Well done... :D

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Post by zackae »

Great planetary nebula you got there.Cataclysm you should gather all your hi-def pics and make into a poster and sell. You will earn big bucks!
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Post by Cheryl »

Wow...great image there. Amazing what you guys are doing with your telescopes and cameras :shock: :shock:
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