Thor's Helmet
Thor's Helmet
NCG 2359, also called Thor's Helmet, is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The central star is a Wolf-Rayet star, those that have lost their outer hydrogen and fusing heavier elements in the core.
Pixinsight
- DC / DynamicPSF / Local Support
- MMT / Jon Rista Method
- H Light - HDRMT
- S - Local Brightening of Nebulosity
- SHO - PixelMath
Photoshop
- ColorEfex - Detail Extractor
- HighPass Local Sharpening
- Saturation
- Dfine Noise Reduction
- Local Touchup to remove artifacts
Pixinsight
- DC / DynamicPSF / Local Support
- MMT / Jon Rista Method
- H Light - HDRMT
- S - Local Brightening of Nebulosity
- SHO - PixelMath
Photoshop
- ColorEfex - Detail Extractor
- HighPass Local Sharpening
- Saturation
- Dfine Noise Reduction
- Local Touchup to remove artifacts
Telescope
ASA RC-1000AZ
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
11-27-2020
Filters
SHO
Processing
Pixinsight / Photoshop