NGC7293 The Helix

[peter shah]

I haven't been around over the past few months , unfortunately I have been dealing with the passing of my mother. It has been nice getting back into my imaging and has taken my mind off things.

Anyway I have been processing this one over the past few days....The Helix Nebula. Imaged remotely from Spain with my 12in Dall-Kirkham @F6.7 and Moravian 16803. The data was collected late in the season and was pretty low in the sky.  Imaged in RGB , Ha and OIII. Exposure times were 4hours in each RGB filter, 3.5 hours in Ha and 6.5 hours in OIII. All 600s subs a total of 26 hours.
Thanks for looking 
Peter

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by peter shah

[Xiga]

Truly sorry for your loss Peter. It's a beautiful rendition of a most befitting object at such a time. 

[wimvb]

Sorry for your loss, Peter.

That is an excellent image of this planetary.

Edited December 20, 2021 by wimvb

[peter shah]

thank you both for the kind words

[alan potts]

Sorry to hear of your loss Peter, a lovely image though I feel it's a touch too red for my tastes, though having said that I have most likely processed to a similar level. This would be difficult from your home as it is low, I dare say that in Spain you are touch better off than me here, I have done this but I am limited with my walnut trees to a couple of hours when it is at it's highest.

Alan

[peter shah]

11 minutes ago, alan potts said:

lovely image though I feel it's a touch too red for my tastes, though having said that I have most likely processed to a similar level.

I think you could be right Alan. I was looking at it again this morning, the red is there and is what makes it look deep, but perhaps the saturation in the reds is too much. I will probably give the data a fresh look and see if I can improve on it. 

[barbulo]

My condolences. 

Nice image Peter!

[Alan White]

Nice image, as a non-imager I have no idea how much work these things take, but suspect a lot.
Sorry to read of you loss, I know how that feels.
Nice to see you now back and posting.
 

[powerlord]

very nice image. It'd be nice to bring some of the blue out more ? And again, who names these things.. Helix.. it couldn't look more like an eye if it tried!

It's a target I'd love to try myself, but looks to be very challenging

and sorry for your loss.

stu

[bob-c]

Sorry to here of your loss Peter, and i hope the tears will turn eventually to smiles for you.

Another lovely picture.

Bob.

[Tim]

I'm very sorry to learn of your loss Peter and offer my sincere condolences to you and your family.

The image is beautiful.

 

Tim

[ollypenrice]

Very sorry about your mother, Peter.

Regarding the reds, that's why I said elsewhere that the blue star was important in the image: it establishes or places the reds in the full colour spectrum. However, I would probably drop the red saturation myself.

Olly

[Saganite]

My condolences Peter.

I am visual only, and I like the image very much, as I see mostly grey things...

[Tom OD]

My condolences Peter on your Mums passing.

Great to have you back imaging. Nice shot. Is there more nebulae to the top left of this image?

Tom