NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Canis Major (CMa) · Contains: IC 468 · NGC 2359 · Sh2-298

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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

Thor’s Helmet or NGC 2359 is an emission nebula located in the constellation Canis Major.

It is 30 light years across and lies at a distance of 11,960 light years from Earth. It has some resemblance to the Norse god's helmet and so it is named. (source: constellation guide).

I was able to shot this over four nights beginning last Thursday when we finally had some clear nights. Some of which were above freezing. I had some guiding issues after the mount did the meridian shift on the first two nights for some reason but I was able to get four hours decent exposures.

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Description: Darkened the perimeter. I have a high resolution monitor and the images look good on my monitor. When I see them on a lower resolution monitor or TV screen they look bad. Lots of noise so I have to constantly tweak them so they look decent without darkening them too much...

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RA (center)	07h18m40s.13
RA (top/left)	07h17m05s.19
RA (top/right)	07h17m28s.39
RA (bottom/right)	07h20m14s.46
RA (bottom/left)	07h19m50s.54

Dec (center)	-13°12′26″.5
Dec (top/left)	-12°42′33″.4
Dec (top/right)	-13°45′53″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-13°42′12″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	-12°38′54″.3

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