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Here you can see the Helix Nebula. This is a planetary nebula located the constellation Aquarius. The nebula is a remnant of a star which shed its outer layers near the end of its evolution. It is located approximately 695 light-years from Earth, making it one of the nearest and brightest of all of the known planetary nebulae.

This image is a stacked version of 60 one-minute exposures with a Celestron 8-inch Rowe-Ackermann Telescope and an ASI 294mc color camera.

Taken at the Deerlick Astronomy Village, near Sharon, Georgia on 9-29-19.
Date Taken on 29 September 2019, 21:16
Source The Helix Nebula
Author Stephen Rahn from Macon, GA, USA
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by StephenGA at https://flickr.com/photos/97839409@N00/48818265677. It was reviewed on 20 August 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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