Helix Nebula - Blog Posts
Picture of the helix nebula / Caldwell 63, this one was a bit of a pain to take as this nebula stays relatively close to the horizon where I live, plus, due to the position of trees and building I only get 1h per night to take photos (had to use pictures from two different nights to get to about 2h of exposure).
This object is also a planetary nebula, like M27 I previously photographed, but it appears much bigger (about 2.5 times) in parte due to it being closer to earth (about 650 light-years compared to about 1360 light-years for the dumbbell nebula/M27).
This nebula has sometimes been referred to as ''the eye of god'' I think you can guess why.
The soon to be white dwarf star at the center of the nebula is (to me at least) a bit more visible in this picture than in the one of M27.