NGC 7293, The Helix Nebula
 
   
Location and Date Taken at Lake San Antonio, California 10/9/2010 during CalStar
Telescope Orion Premium 190mm F/5.3 Maksutov-Newtonian OTA
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera Orion Parsec 8300M Cooler setpoint at -20ºC
Exposure 10 x 480 L, 4 x 480 R, 4 x 480 G, 3 x 480 B
Guiding Orion StarShoot AutoGuider and 100mm f/6 refractor
Processing / Software MaxIm DL 5.06 and Adobe Photoshop CS4
Notes Decent darks and flats yeilded satisfactory results with limited exposure time.