Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  HD57057  ·  HD57083  ·  LBN 1040  ·  LBN 1041  ·  NGC 2359  ·  Sh2-298
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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet. Still working on the processing side of things!, Mark C. Helton
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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet. Still working on the processing side of things!

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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet. Still working on the processing side of things!, Mark C. Helton
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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet. Still working on the processing side of things!

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Here is my latest attempt of the beautiful nebula Thor's Helmet, or NGC2359.  Been waiting for this target to get up high enough to image here in New England.  The seeing was clear but marginal the other night, with a high thin layer of ice crystals that got worse as the night went on.  I attribute some of the noise in this image to that.  I also had help manually stacking the 34 images, as I have still not worked out the drifting issues with my mount.  Compared to my past attempts however, I am very happy with this one!  Clear skies!
Mark

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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet. Still working on the processing side of things!, Mark C. Helton