Thor's Helmet

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"NGC 2359 is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs 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."

 

 

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Date :  December 2010
Location : Arizona Sky Village, Portal, Arizona

Equipment used :
 Lens or telescope -- AP 130 EDF
 Mount -- AP 1200
 Camera -- QSI 583wsg with Lodestar guider


Acquistion Software : ACP, MaxIm DL, Focusmax
Processing Software : MaxIm DL,Photoshop

Exposure Detail :    LRGB combine        Total hours  6.3

Filter

# exposures

Time (sec)

Binning

Red

13

360

2X2

Green

13

360

2X2

Blue

13

360

2X2

Lum

12

720

1X1

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