Helix Nebula with the Seestar S50

JimFox

JimFox

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I captured the Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 out in Joshua Tree National Park in Bortle 3 skies with the ZWO Seestar S50. This little machine does such a great job with these Planetary nebula it seems. I have only had it a week, and it's going to be a great tool in the tool box.

Seestar S50 - Smart Telescope
293 - Lights at 10 secs (darks combined when captured)
Light Pollution Filter = On
Stacked and Processed in Pixinsight
Final processing in Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

NGC7293_HelixNeb_20231116_dw.jpg
 
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jsb

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JimFox said:
I captured the Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 out in Joshua Tree National Park in Bortle 3 skies with the ZWO Seestar S50. This little machine does such a great job with these Planetary nebula it seems. I have only had it a week, and it's going to be a great tool in the tool box.

Seestar S50 - Smart Telescope
293 - Lights at 10 secs (darks combined when captured)
Light Pollution Filter = On
Stacked and Processed in Pixinsight
Final processing in Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Wow, that is really impressive! I've seen others use this and similar gear but this example is the best I've seen so far.
 
JimFox

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jsb said:
Wow, that is really impressive! I've seen others use this and similar gear but this example is the best I've seen so far.
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I really appreciate it John! It won't replace my regular astro gear, but it was an inexpensive way for me to get a 2nd setup, so I can image 2 things at once. And it will be handy when I am on the road traveling, and I have a clear sky and want to image it, but am too tired to spend an hour putting up my regular astro gear. I can plop this down and I am imaging within 5 minutes.
 
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