NGC 7293 Helix Nebula in Narrowband HOOS with RGB Stars (Capturing Ancient Photons)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr) · Contains: HD213056 · HD213069 · Helix Nebula · NGC 7293

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NGC 7293 Helix Nebula in Narrowband HOOS with RGB Stars

Revision title: Restacked, palette change and closer crop

Link: https://www.capturingancientphotons.com/

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NGC 7293 Helix Nebula in Narrowband HOOS with RGB Stars

Revision title: Restacked, palette change and closer crop

Link: https://www.capturingancientphotons.com/

Added another 36 hours of narrowband data to this target hoping to get more detail around the outside of the eye. Also chose a different palette mix for this one.

This target is NGC 7293 or more commonly known as the Helix Nebula or Eye of God or Eye of Sauron. It is a planetary nebula formed by the expanding shell of glowing gas around a dying low-mass star. It is located in the constellation Aquarius and is about 650 light-years away with a diameter of about 2.5 light-years.

This has been a massive project both in time (18 days spread over 4 months) and data acquired and I hope I have done it justice.

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RA (center)	22h29m40s.558
RA (top/left)	22h27m27s.290
RA (top/right)	22h31m50s.617
RA (bottom/right)	22h31m53s.101
RA (bottom/left)	22h27m31s.284

Dec (center)	-20°48′39″.88
Dec (top/left)	-21°10′31″.30
Dec (top/right)	-21°11′34″.40
Dec (bottom/right)	-20°26′43″.64
Dec (bottom/left)	-20°25′40″.58

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NGC 7293 Helix Nebula in Narrowband HOOS with RGB Stars

Revision title: Restacked, palette change and closer crop

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