Thor’s Helmet (NGC2359)

Here is the Duck Nebula, or Thor’s Helmet, which makes more sense to me. In fact here is a photo of Thor that he gave me (actually it took me a ridiculous amount of time to create his picture due to my inexperience with AI. I hope Thor is happy with the result).

This nebula in Canis Major is another wonderfully weird feature resulting from a Wolf-Rayet star. These are super huge stars that blast out radiation at massive speed, which collides with slower moving dust, creating distinct shapes.

Texas Telscope: ZWO FF107

OIII 159x300 (so far)

Ha 151x300 (so far)

For stars R60x20 G60x20 B60x20

Total integration: 26h 50m

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