NGC_2359 Thor's Helmet2 · 2023-03-21

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major.

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is about 12 thousand light years away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution..

Total image time was 2 hours.

Exposure	6x20 min.
ISO	3200
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount
Guiding	ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on MeLe Quieter 3C
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2023-03-21
PixInsight Processing	Dynamic Background Extractor BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator ScreenTransfer Stretch StarXTerminator CurvesTransformation PixelMath
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