Helix 53.5 Hours

[Osirisra (Ken)]

Gobsmacked, that is some epic sub and total exposure time. Most impressive.

[RickS (Rick)]

Fantastic effort, John!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Best widefield Helix I have ever seen.

That is astounding, John.

How are you going to top this one?

H

[dvj (John)]

Hey everyone, thank you for the kind comments.

The image link has a version with a darker, and more color corrected sky background. The thumbnail link is just way too bright and "red". That being said, I'm happy with the result and glad you all enjoyed it.

I may do a complete reprocess with some different techniques as time permits. This object needs more image scale, but I was inspired by Martin's great image to give the Helix a go with the FSQ. Otherwise I would have passed on it until we installed a larger instrument in Coona.

Cheers,

jg

[Ross G]

Great photo John.

The detail is amazing.

Ross.

[Leonardo70 (Leonardo Orazi)]

... what a shot !!!

All the best,
Leo

[astronobob (Bob)]

Coool as & I dig the detail in the center, makes it a whole lot pleasing, yep
53hrs, no wonder I only captured half of it

[nandopg]

Hi John,
Inspiring, simply perfect. I confess that I have never seen a Helix with such level of details and deepness. The outer, outer layer is amazing.
I must congratulate you for this stunning image.

Thank you very much for sharing this great result,

Fernando

[dvj (John)]

Hi everyone, thank you all for the positive comments about the Helix image. ICEINSPACE is a great forum to share images. I hope the image is an inspiration for those with small telescopes.

cheers,

j