Observation by Nik Szymanek: The Helix Nebula
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Paul Downing, FRAS
Observer
Nik Szymanek
Observed
2020 Jun 20 - 14:37
Uploaded
2020 Jul 18 - 07:37
Objects
NGC7293
Equipment
- Planewave CDK24, 24 inch (61cm) telescope
- FLI ProLine PL9000 3056 x 3056 0.62
- Astrodon LRGB filters
Exposure
600- and 300-second exposures
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Rio Hurtado valley, Chile
Target name
Helix Nebula
Title
The Helix Nebula
About this image
Your PotW editor was challenged this week to find anything other than comet photos. A trawl back through the member pages unearthed this gem from Nik.
This NGC 7293 image was taken remotely using the Live CHI-1 telescope at El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Telescope was a Planewave CDK 24" f/6.5 and the CCD Camera was a FLI ProLine PL9000 3056 x 3056 operating at 1.62 arcsec / px (bin 2x2).
This is an LRGB image with Astrodon filters and the exposure times were Lum: 105mins, Red: 65mins, Green: 65mins and Blue: 65mins. The image was processed with Maxim DL, PixInsight and Photoshop CC2020
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