The Eye of God
The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) – planetary nebula
One of the largest planetary nebulae in the sky and roughly 650 light years from earth. I’m very pleased with this image because it’s one of my earlier images and I was trying to stretch my wide field refractor (360mm) to test it’s limits. Although cropped significantly, I was surprised to get such a fair amount of detail out of it, especially since my post processing skills were not where they are now.
Captured from my backyard in Delaware, Ont. Sept 29. 2022
William Optics Zenithstar 61ii
Flat 61A flattener
Canon T3i (Ha modified) ISO 800
Optolong L-eNhance filter
Sky Watcher HEQ5 pro
ASIair plus
Exposures:
Lights 40 x 300 seconds, Flats, Darks, Biases
Originally stacked in Siril and processed in Photoshop, reworked using PixInsight later.