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Thor's Helmet NGC 2359, Göran Nilsson
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Thor's Helmet NGC 2359

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Thor's Helmet NGC 2359, Göran Nilsson
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Thor's Helmet NGC 2359

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This is an RGB image I made from POSS2 red and blue filter data with a synthetic green channel (a 50:50 mix of red and blue). All processed in PS CS5.

POSS2 is a 1990ies sky survey based on monochrome glass plate images (red or blue filtered) taken with a 1.2-m Schmidt camera at the Mt. Palomar Observatory. Data is available at:

http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form

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  • Thor's Helmet NGC 2359, Göran Nilsson
    Original
  • Thor's Helmet NGC 2359, Göran Nilsson
    C
  • Thor's Helmet NGC 2359, Göran Nilsson
    D
  • Final
    Thor's Helmet NGC 2359, Göran Nilsson
    E

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Thor's Helmet NGC 2359, Göran Nilsson