Thor's Helmet
NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula.
Narrowband data, SHO assigned to RGB channels using the Hubble Palette.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Telescope
ASA RC-1000AZ (Chile 3)
Camera
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Location
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Date of observation
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Date of observation
27th Nov 2020, 7th Dec 2020
Filters
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Filters
Astrodon LRGB 2GEN, Ha (3nm), SII (3nm), OIII (3nm)
Processing
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Processing
PixInsight, Lightroom
Credits
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