Observation by Alun Halsey: Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2023 Sep 15 - 00:08

Uploaded

2023 Sep 17 - 13:16

Objects

The Helix Nebula (NGC7293)

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Constellation

Aquarius

Field centre

RA: 22^h29^m
Dec: -20°50'
Position angle: -82°09'

Field size

1°17' × 0°46'

Equipment

Esprit 150ED apo Triplet + 0.77x reducer/flattener
QHY 168C OSC CMOS camera
Altair Triband filter (2")
Mesu-200 Mk1

Exposure

21 subframes at 180 seconds

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

The Helix Nebula

Title

Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)

About this image

No guiding used but chose to dither instead to keep background noise under control. Twenty one subframes stacked in Deepskystacker and processed in Photoshop CS2 using Annie's and Astronomy Tools action sets.

Files associated with this observation

helix-21x180sec.jpg (311.2 kB)

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