[Doogs38 (Alex)]

Having viewed the Helix Nebula over the years using a big dob, and only seeing faint shades of grey, it's a joy to capture it in colour. There are plenty of Helix images in this forum and I apologise for adding another one!

I took about an hour of OSC RGB subs and while they looked ok, they didn't have the colour 'saturation' I'd expected. I then swapped the IR/UV filter for a Baader UHC-S and it was a completely different story - the colour was richly evident from the very first sub ... the filter did a great job. I'm happy with the end result thus far and will continue to collect additional data over the next few months. Thanks for looking. Alex

SW120ED x 0.85 Reducer/Flattener
18 x 300s subs, ASI294MC
Baader UHC-S filter
Darks, flats, dark flats. APP, PS, DeNoise then cropped.