* Image Of The Month *
August 2000


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NGC 7293 (Helix Nebula)
Adam Block, with Bob and Linda Satterwhite,
took this high
resolution color image of the Helix Nebula using an ST-8E camera
equipped with a CFW8 filter wheel through a 16" SCT at F/6.3.
The LRGB ratios were 25:10:20:20 minutes.  Adam is the Lead
Observer at the Kitt Peak Visitor Center, a public education
organization that provides amateur astronomers access to the
resources of the Kitt Peak Visitor Center Observatory.  For
more information about the Advanced Observing Program at
the Kitt Peak Visitor Center Observatory, click here.
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