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Old 02-10-2015, 08:36 PM
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Going deep on the Helix - A Teaser

I have been on this project with the FSQ for 26 nights so far.

My goal is to get the really faint outer bubbles of gas that are rarely seen. Only in the last 10 hours have there been signs of the really outer sections. For instance at the 7-8 o'clock position there is a very faint band pointing out as far as the one at 9 o'clock. On the bottom right below the brighter bubble are two faint extensions pointing out at around 5 and 4 o'clock positions. Then on the top left extending out past the two brighter bubbles are more faint spear shaped extensions. And; then on the right are some faint edges to older bubbles.

So far I have collected 79.5 hours which includes Ha OIII and RGB. This image is 43 hours of Ha and is the teaser to project. What amazes me the most about this image is that some of the back ground galaxies are now becoming visible in the Ha and OIII data.

I don't know if I will collect all the data this year but I am going to keep collecting until I am convinced I have captured the faintest extensions. I am expecting to go over 100 hours on this project. Man this object is a faint sucker. I have imaged this object before but those were mere snap shots.

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