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Picture of the Day
A glowing eye
Gerald Rhemann, taken from Farm Tivoli, Namibia
The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293) is a planetary nebula around 650 light-years away in Aquarius, the glowing remains of a dying, Sun-like star’s outer layers. They now surround a hot white dwarf left at the nebula’s center. The imager captured about 24.3 hours of exposure in Hα/OIII/LRGB filters with a 12-inch f/3.6 reflector.
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