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      Thor's Helmet
      Wallpaper author:
      Ray Astro Explorer

      22 Jun 2025

      Thor's Helmet

      This dataset contains a mix of different exposure times, ranging from 60s to 600s, the majority being either 300s or 600s. The total exposure time in this image is over 36 hours, of which there is just over 18 hours of Ha, nearly 13 hours of OIII and just over 5 1/2 hours of SII.

      For example, there were 60 x 600s, 88x300s, 1x240s, 5x180s and 20x60s Ha subs that were aligned in PixInsight. I used the 60s subs solely to create the stars. The 60s subs ideally need to have the column defects corrected and all subs need cosmetic correction run on them.

      The resulting image is a combination of blending techniques available in PixInsight, such as the Foraxx script and Image Blend script.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 2359

      29 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Emission Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 109.625 Dec -13.2267
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        25 Nov 2019 - 20 Dec 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      SII2088h15m143
      Halpha37814h55m142
      OIII31512h25m142

      Thor's Helmet