Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  IC 468  ·  NGC 2359
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NGC 2359 - The Thor's Helmet in HST Pallet, JOAO A MATTEI
NGC 2359 - The Thor's Helmet in HST Pallet
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NGC 2359 - The Thor's Helmet in HST Pallet

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NGC 2359 - The Thor's Helmet in HST Pallet

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This image was captured in 2014 October, in Santana de Parnaíba, a little city near Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I have my observatory - Observatório da Serra.

Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet is more like an interstellar bubble, blown as a fast wind from the bright, massive star near the bubble's center sweeps through a surrounding molecular cloud. It is in Canis Major constellation.

This was captured for me using Baader HA, OIII and SII filters and processed using PI.

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NGC 2359 - The Thor's Helmet in HST Pallet, JOAO A MATTEI