Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  IC 468  ·  LBN 1040  ·  LBN 1041  ·  NGC 2359  ·  PGC 136794  ·  Sh2-298
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NGC2359 - Asterix or Thor's Helmet, KiwiAstro
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NGC2359 - Asterix or Thor's Helmet

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NGC2359 - Asterix or Thor's Helmet

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Located in Canis Major at roughly 1800 Light Years, this nebula goes by several names e.g Duck Nebula, Thor's Helmet or for me Asterix' Helmet.  A lot of challenges processing this one and an another iteration will be done with less noise reduction to see if more detail can be brought out.

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  • NGC2359 - Asterix or Thor's Helmet, KiwiAstro
    Original
  • Final
    NGC2359 - Asterix or Thor's Helmet, KiwiAstro
    B

B

Description: Reprocessed an extracted Lum layer (Pixinsight LHE, MLT) to heighten detail and present more of the cloud structure within and around the nebula. Slight colour tone changes and star reduction. Additional cropping.

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NGC2359 - Asterix or Thor's Helmet, KiwiAstro