Helix Nebula, Rasa 11 (paulweingart)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Aquarius (Aqr) · Contains: Helix Nebula · NGC 7293

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Helix Nebula, Rasa 11

The Helix Nebula (NGC7293, c63) also known as the Eye of God. This planetary nebula is located in the constellation of Aquarius about 650 Light years away, making it one of the closest and brightest planetary nebulae to Earth. The Helix nebula is made from a dying star that has run out of hydrogen to convert to helium. The star then turns to its helium as its energy source, which eventually runs out as well, leaving behind what is known as a white dwarf. In this star's death we can see its gases being pumped out into space from the star's ultraviolet radiation due to its cooling stellar core. Eventually as the star cools it will crystalize and become what is known as a black dwarf. Interestingly enough the amount of time that this takes to happen is estimated to be longer than the current age of the known universe, so it is thought that no black dwarfs exist yet. If the mass of this dying star was higher its fate could have been a neutron star or black hole.

Anywho I shot this image over the course of 5 nights due to how close it is to the horizon in NY only being able to get a few hours in each session. Only 3 nights made the cut due to weather etc. In total I collected 5 hours 30 min usable data for this image. It was shot on my RASA11 f2.2, alongside a eq6r-pro, IDAS NBZ UHS, asi533mc at gain 100, and cooled down to -5c.
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