The Helix Nebula, otherwise known as the “Eye of God”, is located in the constellation Aquarius and is one of the closest planetary nebula to Earth, about 700 light years away. With an apparent size of 25 arcminutes it occupies slightly less of the sky than the full moon (29-34 arcminutes depending on orbit location) but is too faint to be seen by the naked eye.
RA: 22h 29m 38.55s
Dec: -20d 50′ 13.6″
Apparent magnitude: +7.6
I am a little late in uploading this as, i have to admit, I have been struggling with motivation quite a bit lately. This year has been clouded out almost continuously and even on those nights where there is a parting of the clouds it is only for a couple of hours before they roll…