Helix Nebula

[benklerk]

The Helix Neb

The Helix nebula (NGC 7293), is a large planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. The estimated distance is about 700 light-years.

GSO RC 6
HEQ5 PRO belt mod
ZWO ASI 1600mm with Filter wheel
RED 55 x 4min = 220min
GREEN 49 x 4min = 196min
BLUE 46 x 4min = 184min
HA 84 x 10min = 840min
OIII 21 x 10min = 210min
Total Time = 27.5hrs

[Stonius (Markus)]

Nice! Do you remember what gain settings you were using?

I notice you didn't do any luminance - curious as to your thinking?

Best

Markus

[benklerk]

Originally Posted by Stonius

Nice! Do you remember what gain settings you were using?

I notice you didn't do any luminance - curious as to your thinking?

Best

Markus

Hi Markus

I used 139 for gain offset 21.

I didn't use my lum data as it made the image worse and a lost quite a bit of colour detail.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Very nice.

[RickS (Rick)]

A great result, Ben