Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  IC 468  ·  LBN 1040  ·  LBN 1041  ·  NGC 2359  ·  Sh2-298
Thor's Helmet, Jan Scheers
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Thor’s Helmet (NGC2359) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major, at about 12000 light-years from Earth.

This HaLRGB image was acquired with the ASA500N telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Total integration time: 210 minutes
H-alpha 5 subs of 600s; L, R, G and B: 8 subs of 300s

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Thor's Helmet, Jan Scheers