3 am shot of the Helix Nebula

[h0ughy (David)]

Thanks for that small input into the topic Narayan the info is great and will take some time to wade through.

[tornado33]

Many thanks for the Iris instructions

[davidpretorius]

beautiful stuff.

would this be viewable with a 6", 8", 10" or bigger reflector?

dave p

[RAJAH235]

Yes Dave. Easy object in an 8" or 10" DOB/newt etc. Comes up better with a UHC filter. L.

[davidpretorius]

thanks very much, fatherly pride wanting to know what i can afford to show my 5 year old daughter if i do go the 8" reflector.


also can show the wife so that the investment passes through the senate!!!

dave p

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by astro_south

BD

as requested....see attached

ah! so by upper right you actually mean the uper right on the left hand side!

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by davidpretorius

beautiful stuff.

would this be viewable with a 6", 8", 10" or bigger reflector?

dave p

hi dave

I saw this in my 8" on saturday night for the first time ever. Its not an easy target to find dispite its size!

if you have a lpr filter it makes it easier. and go for the wides field EP you have
good luck!

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by ving

ah! so by upper right you actually mean the uper right on the left hand side!

Oops - when I typed it I was thinking 'upper right defraction spike' of the brightest star in the pic - not upper right in the image. After I re-read the post I realised why there might have been confusion.