The Helix Nebula in Aquarius
The Helix is very difficult to image from my latitude and location, as it is very close to the Southern horizon and then only visible for a very short time due to obstructions. Hence the image is still rather noisy, despite a total of 2 hours & 41 minutes of exposure.
21 manually-guided exposures of between 4 to 10 minutes were taken in 2009, 2010 & 2012; registered and stacked in DeepSkyStacker software.
Unmodified EOS 40D and Celestron C6 telescope at f6.3.
The Helix Nebula in Aquarius
The Helix is very difficult to image from my latitude and location, as it is very close to the Southern horizon and then only visible for a very short time due to obstructions. Hence the image is still rather noisy, despite a total of 2 hours & 41 minutes of exposure.
21 manually-guided exposures of between 4 to 10 minutes were taken in 2009, 2010 & 2012; registered and stacked in DeepSkyStacker software.
Unmodified EOS 40D and Celestron C6 telescope at f6.3.