the Helix nebulae closeup

NGC7293, the Helix - a childhood dream come true

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in memory and dedicated to Mario Monaco, stargazer and great Italian astroimager, Savona area, which was one of my examples during my childhood and adolescence, and he was a frequent visitor of the Cugn Goria, this plateau on the italian western Alps, that is almost an open-air sky theater, and where he photographed, those photos that for me will remain the masterpieces in film. I'm sorry that you have not had time to meet him in person
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please read here:

www.uai.it-pubblicazioni-uainews-1-uainews-archivio-7938-...uranialigustica.altervista.org-astrofili-persone-monaco.htm

this shot was 2 hours and half on the Helix in mixed iso 2500-3200 with 130-910mm apo triplet and CentralDS 50D from Cugn di Goria, western Alps
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