Pier 1 - the helix nebula
By simonnickydowning on Saturday, 16 January 2021
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I am really pleased to have got some data for this infamous object - the helix is great. Amazing. Thanks to all for sending this through! So, I have posted my third object in recent days, and whilst I managed to process this reasonably well, sort of, I could not get the colours I wanted, and I have an on going struggle with the flats for pier 1, and so I had to processed this without them. Any tips would be good! I would like to be able to do better with this... Anyway, it was a SHO process, and was 12 Has, 27 OIIIS and 78 SIIs, each at 15 minutes long exposure time. Total integration time is thus 29 hours and15 minutes! Thanks all... Image06_DBE1.png  
That's nice Simon and also a target I never thought I'd get the chance to tackle. Got a lot on right now, not the least of which is downloading hundreds of those large subs from pier 14. I've had to move a lot of stuff around on my computer to accommodate just the calibration files. This pier is definitely a winner for this and many galaxies, particularly since the guys spruced it up during their last visit. I must admit to having been rather envious, when I first started this hobby, of those using this type and size of scope, when they featured their photos in magazines. To get the opportunity to use such a scope plus so many others here is great.  Thanks for sharing this and so many others Simon, Cheers, Ray
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