Helix Nebula ZWO ASI 071

[Benklerk]

The Helix Nebula, also known as NGC 7293, is a large planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius. This object is one of the closest to the Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae. The estimated distance is about 700 light years and spanning 2.5 light years.
The Helix Nebula is formed by an intermediate to low-mass star, which sheds its outer layers near the end of its evolution. The remnant central stellar core, known as a planetary nebula nucleus, is destined to become a white dwarf star. Currently, the age is estimated to be 10,600 years.

GSO 6" RC
ZWO ASI 071
HEQ5 Pro
20x 5min

[Freddie]

That's a lovely image, background a touch blue? Maybe that's because of your location. I was lucky enough to visit your part of the world (you live in a lovely place) last year and the blue mountains really do have blue in the air.

[Benklerk]

The Blue Mountains is far enough away from Sydney to get away from most of its light pollution and high enough to get good skies. But I still have to deal with local LP.

 

[swag72]

This is looking nice   Regarding the background I think it's a touch too high on the red / magenta.

[wimvb]

Nice! While the background seems red, there's also weak signal surrounding the nebula.

[Adam J]

Great result for not much data. Lots of tiny little faint galaxies in the background of this.