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NGC2359 (THOR'S HELMET)

NGC2359 (THOR'S HELMET)

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Canis Major
  • Location: RA: 07h 18m 36s Dec: -13d 12m 00s Epoch 2000
  • Size: 10 x 5 arc-minutes
  • Type: Diffuse Nebula
  • AKA: LBN 1041
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 10 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned 5 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, binned 3x3
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 12/12/04
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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