Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2359
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Thor's Helmet - 2/10/22, Ed Dixon
Thor's Helmet - 2/10/22
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Thor's Helmet - 2/10/22

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Thor's Helmet - 2/10/22, Ed Dixon
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Thor's Helmet - 2/10/22

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Initial cut at an image of Thor’s Helmet nebula located in the constellation Canis Major, NGC 2359, an emission nebula that is made up of ionized hydrogen.  Taken as 18 ten minute exposures, six each for RGB for a total of 3 hours imaging over a few nights about 2/10/22   Captured by staff at the iTelescope observatory in Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia using a  Planewave 20" CDK 510 mm reflector telescope and a FLI PL09000 camera.  Data downloaded from iTelescope and then processed with Pixinsight and Apple edit.

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Thor's Helmet - 2/10/22, Ed Dixon