Helix Nebula NGC 7293

The Mirrors were aligned and this was the test target. This was shot over three nights one interrupted by rain that was not suppose to happen , the friday night and saturday night as total shots. The idea of getting more shots is to get better detail of the very faint red high brow and to some extent the very faint low brow. The only problem that many shots is a 5 hour computer stack so I draw the line there.

I had to put faith in Nina to work on friday and focus not fail as it was set off at 9pm by itself as I would be way out of town. Deep in the sand dunes of lancelin . As I was so tired on Saturday I did the very same as it worked well on friday night.


QHY 183C -10c 274 shots 5 min each over three nights.
MeLE Mini PC
Pegasus Astro Pocket Mini power box
Prima Luce Essato Focus
Optolong LeNhance filter,
Skywatcher 200 F4 PREMIUM PHOTO QUATTRO REFLECTOR OTA
Skywatcher NEQ 6 Pro Hypertuned
SVbony 50MM Guide scope
QHY5L-II-M Guide camera
Guided PHD2, Nina
Pixinsight, PTgui, Ps .