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NGC2359 - Thor's Helmet
An emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major.  About 12,000 light-years distant and 30 light-years in size.  Associated with the Wolf-Rayet star WR7.

NGC2359 - Thor's Helmet

An emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. About 12,000 light-years distant and 30 light-years in size. Associated with the Wolf-Rayet star WR7.




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Filename:NGC2359_20250105_RASA11_ASI2600_OLQ3c.JPG
Album name:27telp / Nebulae
Location and Date:Sybaris Observatory, OCA site near Anza, California, 1/25/2025
Equipment:Imaging - Celestron RASA-11 scope, ZWO ASI2600MC one-shot-color camera, IDAS NBZ filter; Mount - Astro-Physics 1200GTO; Guiding - Borg 50mm guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar camera
Settings:37 exposures @300 seconds apiece, bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding - PHD2; processing - PixInsight 1.9.3, Adobe Lightroom
Filesize:2803 KiB
Date added:Jul 10, 2025
Dimensions:2141 x 1690 pixels
Displayed:189 times
Color Space:sRGB
EXIF Offset:402
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:An emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. About 12,000 light-years distant and 30 light-years in size. Associated with the Wolf-Rayet star WR7.
Resolution Unit:Inch
Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.1.1 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:NGC2359 - Thor's Helmet
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd © 2025
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