The eye of god

[marco]

Hi all, it was a while I wanted to shoot the Helix nebula from Coona. Considering that with my rig I cannot get a very high resolution (my scope is only 1 mt FL) I tried to go deep to see what I was able to see on the faintest parts of this planetary. I was pleased to detect the large bubble gas that envelopes the main ring and also some dust in the area, even if I was a bit surprised by how faint these features are and how much I had to stretch the original data to make them visible.

Here is the link:
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/deepsky/13667287_7Mtr58#1554558673_LfzjnLq-X3-LB

Total exposure was 16.5 hours (HaOIIILRGB). Other details on the page.

As usual there is also a the full res zoomify version accessible here:[/URL]
[url]http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/ngc7293_HaOIIILRGB.htm (http://astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/ngc5128_LRGB.htm)

Hope you will like it.

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Marco

[John Hothersall]

Wow thats deep, love the cirrus scattered about, zooming in shows quite a bit of detail inside the ring and in the many background galaxies scattered around. Looks best wide and the envelopes are detailed shapely arcs merging into the rich background.

John.

[telemarker]

Fabulous deep image :thumbsup:, but you might want to see to the link (it shows Centaurus A).

[marco]

Thanks John!



Thanks Keith, I have corrected the link now

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Marco

[Ross G]

What a beautiful photo Marco.

Amazing colours and such deep detail.

Thanks.

Ross.

[Stevec35]

Lovely shot Marco! With the cirrus in the background it just looks amazing. I would be sending this to the APOD people.

BTW the zoomify still takes me to Centaurus A.

Cheers

Steve

[marco]

Thanks Ross



Thanks Steve, link fixed.

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Marco

[Peter Ward]

Sublime.

Impressive

....pretty much as good as it gets.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[gregbradley]

Another beauty Marco.

Haven't seen the dust picked up before.

Fantastic.

Greg.

[Octane]

Best Helix Nebula I've seen, bar none.

Astounding work, my friend.

H

[Aris Greece]

Stunning Image u got there.
Well done!!!

[atalas]

A wonderful field Marco.

[Ric]

Wonderful work Marco, I really enjoyed playing around with the zoomify version.

[cventer]

Not much more to say. Brilliant.

What mount you running the 140 on top of ?

[richardo]

Have to agree, that this is one of the best wide field images of the Helix I have seen to date!
Heaps of cirrus that is accentuated by the lovely dark background.
The extra time with added OIII just adds to the central regions chemistry.

Outstanding stuff.

Rich

[Osirisra]

Brilliant!

[marco]

Thanks Peter, appreciate



Thanks Greg, actually I was surprised by HOW LITTLE dust were there, considering the level of stretch I applied to this image! I was expecting to see some more.. In any case it is always fun to see what is hidden in the lowest part of the histogram in your pics :)



Thanks H!



Thanks to you too Aris



Thanks Louie



Happy you liked it Ric, pity the resolution is not so high, there are loads of hidden treasures in the central part of the Helix that my image doesn't show..



Thanks Cventer, I have my TEC on a Paramount ME



Thanks a lot Ric :)

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Marco

[marco]

Thanks Ken

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Marco

[TrevorW]

Stunning :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[iceman]

That's quite incredible. A wonderful image. Beautiful!

[strongmanmike]

Hey, how'd I miss comenting on this beauty :shrug: :screwy:

Great result Marco, the addition of plenty of lum has enabled you to show up that faint Cirrus nicely - great work :thumbsup:

Funny how things progress, like the Dumbell M27 we don't bother with an image of the Helix now unless it shows the extra outer shells...and now not unless it shows galactic Cirrus:eyepop: :doh:

Mike

[PeterM]

Oh wow! How sensational is this image. I now know why I only do 30 sec monochrome images of galaxies. Just superb.
PeterM

[OzRob]

That's a wonderful image!!

BTW congrats on getting in the best 100 images in the current issue of Astronomy magazine.

[CoolhandJo]

I love this image! Great widefield!

[marco]

Thanks Paul :thumbsup:



Thanks Rob. Really? I didn't know it, I will have to get a copy than :)



Thanks Peter.. well, actually you can get quite deep with 30 secs images too, just need to sum up some thousands subs :D



:P now waiting for you going deeper with your superfast scope and seeing what else is hiding down there.. Thanks for the comments!



Thanks Mike :)



Thanks Trevor!

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Marco

[Leonardo70]

Congratulations Marco .... amazing and well processed subject.
Great job.

Leo

[skytry]

hi Marco,
what an amazing photo,
hope there are many more, well done,

regards,
Peter.

[allan gould]

Marco, that is absolutely sublime. The best detailed and processed image I've seen yet of the helix. I just love the colours and the information in your image and it makes me want to do better with my own imaging. Thanks for posting.
Allan

[Davey]

Stunning work Marco