Wallpaper author:
Allan Berzins
06 Feb 2026
NGC 2359
NGC 2359, also known as Thor's Helmet, is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 11.96 thousand light years away and 30 light-years in size. Processing was in Pix and Photoshop with RGB colour stars being generated from the narrowband data.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 2359
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