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The Helix Nebula

My latest edition of the Helix Nebula.

 

One of the brightest and closest examples of a planetary nebula in the night sky.

 

A cloud of gas created at the end of the life of a Sun-like star.

 

This is 26 x 4-minutes using the QHY268C and Optolong L-eXtreme filter. I spent WAY too long processing this bad boy!

 

Could have used another hour or 6 of data!

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Uploaded on December 3, 2020