The Seagull and Thor's helmet, Apostolos Kyriazis
The Seagull and Thor's helmet, Apostolos Kyriazis

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Both of them are emission nebulae (clouds of ionised gases of Hydrogen, Oxygen, Sulphur etc that are lit up by the radiation from nearby stars), found at the constellation of Canis Major (the big dog), close to Sirius. The Seagull (IC2177) is 3650 light years away from us but Thor's helmet is almost 4 times as far! I am so happy to achieve such a result with just 8 frames on a really windy night. Their contrasting colors intrigued me so I managed to frame them together! Taken with my Radian61 and Canon Ra on an Ioptron Sky-Guider Pro. Guiding: MGEN3 with a 130mm Lacerta guide cam and guide scope.Framing: Manual. Filters: Optolong L-extreme 2".8 lights, 15 flats/bias/darks. 600sec, iso6400. Post-work on LrC, Ps, DSS, Starnet++ and Ps again.

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The Seagull and Thor's helmet, Apostolos Kyriazis

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