NGC 7293 - Helix Nebula

[JimFox]

Finally I got a few days of clear nights. I had to go to my son's house that is NW of Santa Fe, New Mexico to finally get it. But it sure was nice! He has a basketball court on the side of the house, so I could set up my telescope and leave it set up for the last 3 days. I cover it with a tarp during the day so it doesn't too hot and baked by the sun.

This is the Helix Nebula, some call it the Eye of God. It definitely looks like an eye!

80 Lights @ 300 secs with Antlia ALP-T filter
30 Flats
30 Dark Flats
30 Darks

ASI2600mc Pro - Astro Camera
Askar Fra500 - Scope
ZWO AM5 - Mount
ZWO EAF
ASIAir Plus - Astro Controller
Processed in Pixinsight
BlurXterminator
NoiseXterminator
StarXterminator
GradiationCorrection
Finished in Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Looks like a giant eye in deep space staring back at us

 

[JimFox]

Looks like a giant eye in deep space staring back at us

Thanks Alan! It looks like that, because it is.....

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very interesting - the blue and red contrasts are striking. It looks like a gateway to another dimension.

 

[Comet Hunter]

You are being watched, nicely done

 

[JimFox]

Very interesting - the blue and red contrasts are striking. It looks like a gateway to another dimension.

Thanks Jameel. I hadn't thought of that, but it does look like a gateway.

 

[JimFox]

You are being watched, nicely done

I appreciate that Ed. It was so fun to get my rig finally set up again after 4 months of only getting time to use my Seestar S50.

 

[Andy Elliott]

Excellent Jim! Loving the detail of this. I have just finished imaging this with the Seestar S50, I have not put it through its paces in Pixinsight yet, it'll be interesting to see how it turns out. Again, great work.

 

[JimFox]

Excellent Jim! Loving the detail of this. I have just finished imaging this with the Seestar S50, I have not put it through its paces in Pixinsight yet, it'll be interesting to see how it turns out. Again, great work.

Thanks so much Andy! I look forward to seeing your results too!

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very nice job - such a classic target. Love the colors, and some faint details too. Looks like those must be decently dark skies.

ML

 

[JimFox]

Very nice job - such a classic target. Love the colors, and some faint details too. Looks like those must be decently dark skies.

ML

Thanks so much Mike!