Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  IC 468  ·  NGC 2359  ·  Sh2-298
Thor's Helmet in HOO, Brian Leshin

Thor's Helmet in HOO

Thor's Helmet in HOO, Brian Leshin

Thor's Helmet in HOO

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I consider Thor's Helmet one of the coolest objects I can image. NGC 2359 is a helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages 15,000 light years away and 30 light-years across. I used hydrogen and oxygen filters to image this. My first attempt at HOO.

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Thor's Helmet in HOO, Brian Leshin