This is the Helix Nebula from down under. I have an earlier image of this, taken from an observatory north of Huntsville, TX, but I did not have enough time there. Also, I was shooting through a lot of air, even here in Texas. This image above, taken at nearly 3x longer focal length through less air, shows the knots in the inner part being washed away by the stellar outflow of the hot star at the center. Showing those knots was my goal from long ago, now fulfilled in this image. This is a bi-color image, a combination of narrowband H-alpha and OIII frames.
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