Helix Nebula

One of the largest planetaries around.

(The largest is Sh 2-216 which is greater than 1.6
degrees in diameter).

LRGB 60m L, 10 R, 10m G, 15m B C11 @ f/6. ST-8E.
RGB binned 2 X 2.

Clear skies

Steven
http://users.westconnect.com.au/~sjastro/small

Attached Image:

Steven,
That is an extremely nice shot, especially with the central details. I noticed a galaxy at around 11 o'clock near star HD 213056, which you appeared to capture quite well. I looked through several galaxy catalogues (including RC3 and Leda) and could not find it. It appears to have shown up a lot better than several other images I examined. There are probably several others that are very faint around the left side of the image as well (or so it appears).
Good Job!
David Moody

Wow, I like the fact that the image is big and it looks very deep. What a treat , thanks Steven.

Jeff