New , very long ( 25′ ) , cuts of spatially resolved profiles of the H \alpha and [ N ii ] optical emission lines have been obtained over the face of the Helix planetary nebula , NGC 7293 .
These directions were chosen to supplement previous similar , though shorter , cuts as well as crossing interesting phenomena in this nebular envelope .
In particular , one new cut crosses the extremes of the proposed CO J=2-1 emitting outer ‘ torus ’ shown by Huggins and his co–workers to be nearly orthogonal to its inner counterpart .
The second new cut crosses the extensive outer filamentary arcs on either side of the bright nebular core .
It is shown that NGC 7293 is composed of multiple bipolar outflows along different axes .
Hubble-type outflows over a dynamical timescale of 11,000 yr are shown to be occurring for all of the phenomena from the smallest He ii emitting core out to the largest outer filamentary structure .
All must then have been ejected over a short timescale but with a range of ejection velocities .