Helix Nebula

Helix Nebula | C63 | NGC 7293

The nearest nebula to Earth, only 650 light years away. As a low-mass star like our own neared its death, stellar winds dispersed gas and dust into the eye-like shape that this planetary nebula takes on.

Imaged in BVR over 1 hour in 60-second exposures November 14th, 2023