Thor’s Helmet (NGC 2359)
NGC 2359 is an emmission/reflection nebula excited by the powerfull wind of the 11.4 mag Wolf-Rayet Star HD 56925 (WR7) at a distance of about 1600 lightyears. At this distance, the true diameter of the filamentary bubble measures about 230x120 lightyears.
This image is composed of long exposed narrowband (Ha/OII) plus strong color (RGB) data and was choosen as APOD.
[description from O’Meara]
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RCOS 20″ f/8.5
Paramount ME
Apogee U16M
Astrodon Gen2
HaOIIIRGB 660:720:180:180:180 min.
Sierra Remote Observatories, California USA
© Martin Rusterholz, Astrophotographer