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Date/Location Wide View: Oct 21, 2025 Eldorado Star Party X Bar Ranch, Texas; Narrow view: Oct 30, 2008 Wildwood Pines Observatory, Earl, NC
Camera and Settings Wide SBIG STF-8300C: Narrow: SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD camera
Telescope Wide: Afkar FRA400 71mm f/3.9 Apo; Narrow: 190mm f/5.3 Maksutov-Newtonian
Mount Wide: Celestron CGEm II; Narrow: Parallax HD150
Exposure Wide: 90 min (9x10 min); Narrow: 80 min (8x10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Image Plus 3.0 and 6.5, Photoshop CS5 and CS6
Other Magnitude 7.6; Constellation Aquarius; 14.7 x 12.0 arc minutes in size.
NGC7293 The Helix Nebula
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