Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2359
Thors Helmet NGC2359 in HOO, Terri
Thors Helmet NGC2359 in HOO
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Thors Helmet NGC2359 in HOO

Revision title: Thor's Helmet NGC2359 in HOO

Thors Helmet NGC2359 in HOO, Terri
Thors Helmet NGC2359 in HOO
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Thors Helmet NGC2359 in HOO

Revision title: Thor's Helmet NGC2359 in HOO

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I've been away for a while spending most of last summer and fall doing planetary imaging.   Planetary imaging is a tough chore in Vermont where our skies are rarely clear and seeing quite horrible due to the jet stream and Green Mountains.

I captured NGC2359 at the Winter Star Party in the Fla Keys.   From my home state of Vermont, this object is quite low but is  something I've always wanted to capture.     This year the weather at the Winter Star Party was excellent with clear skies most nights.   I captured this with a TEC140, AP field flattener and ASI6200MM Camera with Chroma 3nm filters on an Astro-Physics Mach2 mount.    The star color comes from short RGB images and Chroma RGB filters.     I also took the good weather opportunity to play around with DEC ARC modeling.     I built fairly small models of around 60 points each night to model the path the target took on that night.   I then was able to take both 600S and 900S unguided frames for this image.   So this is entirely unguided.   

Back in Vermont hoping for some clear skies this spring!!

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Title: Thor's Helmet NGC2359 in HOO

Description: Made some updates to color balance as it seemed a bit dark..

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Thors Helmet NGC2359 in HOO, Terri