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moonshinegnomie

(3,524 posts) Fri Jul 4, 2025, 01:16 PM Jul 4

NGC 2359 the thors helmet nebula [View all]

trying out a new remote telescope. so far im impressed. This is with a 20" telescope located in Chile.
its 31 hours of exposure using 3 different filters to isolate the gases in teh nebula.
I processed it in Pixinsight and photohop into the SHO palette which is what the hubble uses

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NGC 2359 the thors helmet nebula [View all] moonshinegnomie Jul 4 OP

Beautiful, it's amazing what today's technology can do...nt wcmagumba Jul 4 #1

That looks nothing like Thor. :( nt eppur_se_muova Jul 4 #2

It's the Thor's Helmet nebula, not Thor's Head. Wikipedia: highplainsdem Jul 4 #4

Thanks ! I actually had never heard of that one, which is a bit of a surprise to me. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 5 #6

Thor's Helmet. Beautiful photo. Though if I picture Thor... highplainsdem Jul 4 #3

It is truly stunning. NCgayguy Jul 4 #5

Wow! ShazzieB Jul 5 #7

it looks like an elephink AllaN01Bear Jul 6 #8