Helix Nebula (NGC7293) - a photo on Flickriver

Helix Nebula (NGC7293)

            Also known as the 'Eye of 
God' or 'The eye of Sauron', The Helix Nebula is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, lying at an approximate distance of 700lyrs away and a radius of 3lyrs across.
What we are seeing in this image is a star at the end of it's evolutionary process on its way towards becoming a white dwarf.
The Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 7.5, but is not visible to the naked eye easily, due to it's low surface brightness.

Shot from Hunter Valley Area north of Sydney Australia in Sept 2017
Exposure Time: 5mins per exposure/shot equalling: 
2hrs 30mins of Luminous Channel
1hr 15mins each of RGB at 3hrs 45mins for colour channels
Total Image exposure of : 6hrs 15mins

Notes: this image was taken under difficult sky conditions and also could have done with alot more data, however the skies decided to not clear enough for me to get more data so there we have it for this year at least.


Equipment Used: 
Telescope: William Optics 110Triplet
Mount: Paramount MYT
Camera: Atik One+OAG
Filters: Astronomik
Software Capture: The SkyX
Software Processing: Pixinsight
   

Taken on: December 19, 2017

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