Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2359
Thor's Helmet in modified SHO, Dave Mussell
Thor's Helmet in modified SHO
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Thor's Helmet in modified SHO

Thor's Helmet in modified SHO, Dave Mussell
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Thor's Helmet in modified SHO

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The enigmatic Thor's Helmet, AKA the not-so-heroic Duck Nebula, is located in Canis Major about 12,000ly away. This is a challenging object for us denizens of the north, requiring us to travel if we wish to collect good data on it. My efforts were hampered by this spring's terrible weather, and by poor guiding and I suspect a tilted camera sensor. Nonetheless, with the help of some amazing software, I was able to wring an image out of the original 12 hours of data I obtained. I will try reprocessing this to clean up the stars and colors , but ultimately re-shooting this amazing object under better conditions and equipment would be the best fix.

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Thor's Helmet in modified SHO, Dave Mussell

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