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08 - NGC 7293 Helix Nebula

08 - NGC 7293 Helix Nebula

The image is a 3 hour narrowband exposure done using a Tele Vue NP127is telescope with a 2X powermate and a QSI583wsg CCD camera on a CGE PRO mount. I took the image from Chain Lakes Provincial Park, Alberta. Camera control and preprocessing was done through ImagesPlus. Processing was done through PixInsight with final touch-up, as required, through Photoshop. Guiding was through PHD2 and a Lodestar camera. What fascinates me about the image is that the bright ring of material is the stuff that we are made of. We are all but star dust.
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