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NGC 7293The Helix NebulaPlanetary nebula in Aquarius in HaRGB |
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Details: |
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| Optics | Celestron 80ED @ f/7.5 , guided with an 8" LX200 Classic @ f/6.3 |
| Mount | LX200 |
| Camera | Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 |
| Filter | Astronomik RGBIIc filters and 13nm Ha filter |
| Exposure | Ha - 160 min (16 x 10'), R&G: 64 min (16 x 4'), B: 90 min.(15 x 6'), All binned 1X1 |
| Processing | Acquired in AstroArt3, DDP , final work in Photoshop7 |
| Date | 08.24.06 - 08.25.06 |
| Location | Elk Grove, CA |
| Notes | Seeing and transparency average/poor. Very low on the horizon, caused gradients, and lots of noise in the color channels. Guide star was also very dim, and guiding suffered, making the image a lot softer than I would have liked. |