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NGC2359 Thors Helmet Wide Field, Brett Haussmann
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NGC2359 Thors Helmet Wide Field

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NGC2359 Thors Helmet Wide Field

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NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. This image is fairly small in my FOV so I framed to include nebula Captured on 17 and 18 March with exceptional conditions both nights where all sub exposures were used this object starts high in the sky and sets behind my neighbours peach tree at 2am giving about 5 hours exposure each night (103 x 6 minute exposures total)

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NGC2359 Thors Helmet Wide Field, Brett Haussmann