Helix Nebula

The helix nebula is a planetary nebula in the constellation Aquarius.
At a distance of 700 ly, it is approximately 11,000 years old.

The intriguing helix Nebula.
Relatively realistic colors with H red and OIII Blue green.

This data set comes from the 1 m telescope. 2X 10 minutes frames each S, H and O. Created L from sum of H & O, and then used LHOO for image.

CHI-3 is an ASA 1000, a 1-m telescope with a Ritchey Chretien design, situated in the Rio Hurtado valley, Chile. It is equipped with a set of Astrodon astrophotography filters.

FLI PL16803

Data acquired 8/2020 and 7/21