Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2359  ·  Sh2-298
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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet (Bicolor), Frank Breslawski
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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet (Bicolor)

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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet (Bicolor), Frank Breslawski
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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet (Bicolor)

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Before more than two years ago I already tried to photograph Thor's helmet. Due to the low height of maximum 25 degrees above the horizon and a very strong color shift due to the turbulent air layers, the result with my DSLR was very sobering.

Reason enough to start a new attempt. :-) During the last full moon phase I was able to gather more than 11 hours of data with my CCD this time. The conditions were not perfect again - but I'm nevertheless very satisfied with the result.

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NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet (Bicolor), Frank Breslawski

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