# Helix Nebula

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/helix-nebula/1417>\
**Category:** Astrophotography\
**Created:** [January 4, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/helix-nebula/1417 "2026-01-04T02:40:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/405nightshots/32/1577_2.png) [@405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/405nightshots)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/helix-nebula/1417/1 "2026-01-04T02:40:48Z")

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Here’s the results of the Helix Nebula via Seestar S50 on a windy night

 ![BF - 1766286598919](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/6/68eea5eb15f0bc08192db8a3f3d6af926ba6f6dc.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mitche/32/61_2.png) [@Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Mitche)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/helix-nebula/1417/2 "2026-01-04T05:43:05Z")

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Wow! Very nice. I’m assuming you did some post processing on it?

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**Author:** ![405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/405nightshots/32/1577_2.png) [@405nightshots](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/405nightshots)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/helix-nebula/1417/3 "2026-01-04T11:57:23Z")

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I did. The horizontal star trails didn’t tickle my fancy so … I removed the star trails, denoised, and added a touch of color