Wallpaper author:
Alessandro Motta
18 Feb 2025
⚡️🪖 Thor’s Helmet – The Celestial Warrior’s Helm 🌌🔥
Behold NGC 2359, better known as Thor’s Helmet Nebula, a cosmic masterpiece sculpted by stellar winds and radiation! This emission nebula, resembling the mythical helmet of the Norse god Thor, lies in the constellation Canis Major, about 11,960 light-years from Earth.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2359
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 109.6667 Dec -13.2022
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................19 Jan 2025 - 21 Jan 2025
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 251 | 2h35m | 37 |
| SII | 251 | 2h35m | 37 |
| OIII | 397 | 4h5m | 37 |