Planetary Nebula - The Helix (NGC 7293)

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beginner
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Planetary Nebula - The Helix (NGC 7293)

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Dear All,

From the month of August.
Sky was not sufficiently good, however manage to accumulate enough subs to produce the image.

All subs 5 min exposure on QSI 683
L=3 R=4 G=4 B=5
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This is gorgeous enough! Well done!
OCULARHOLIC ANONYMOUS!!!
Keep Calm and Carry on Observing.
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Nice!
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Like they said, beginner is not a beginner, very nice work, thanks for sharing. [smilie=good-job.gif]
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Nice job Beginner. Probably yours is the first QSI 683 in Spore.
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waa....nice Helix neb!
I miss the place where stars shine bright, to gaze upwards in awe of the sight
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Thank you all for the compliments.
AP is time consuming but when you get a good image,
you forget the toll of keeping awake the whole nights...
and the damn mosquitoes that leave behind those ugly bites.
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It's beautiful!
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Catacylsm,

Thank you.

Regards,
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