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03-Oct-2015 Andy Casely

The Helix Nebula

Nerriga, NSW

NGC7293 is a planetary nebula in Aquarius. It, and the hot white dwarf at it's very centre, are all that remains of a fairly ordinary star about 650 light-years away. The outer layers of the star have spread out into a broad nebula, and the superdense Earth-sized remnant of the star illuminates and ionises the gas to produce a pretty nebula about 2.5 light-years in diameter.

Canon EOS 60D
30 x 5 minutes, ISO800, EOS 60D, darks, flats and bias subtracted. 150mm f/5 Newtonian on HEQ5 pro mount, OAG & StarShoot Autoguider. Stacked and processed in PixInsight and Photoshop. full exif

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