Autore dello sfondo:
Bernard Miller
04 Jul 2021
NGC 2359 - Thor's Helmet
This is an image of NGC 2359, also known as Thor's Helmet. It is an emission nebula about 12,000 light years away in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is the result of a Wolf-Rayet star (WR7).
Dataset da cui è stata elaborata l'immagine
NGC 2359
3 credit
- Tipo di obiettivo............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Fotocamera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Coordinate dell'obiettivo............................................................................................................................RA 109.625 Dec -13.2267
- Emisfero............................................................................................................................Southern
- Posizione del telescopio............................................................................................................................Chile
- Evento transitorio............................................................................................................................No
- Osservato il............................................................................................................................27 Nov 2020 - 27 Dec 2020
Filtro | Exp. media (s) | Esposizione totale | Sottoframe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 450 | 1h30m | 12 |
| OIII | 491 | 1h30m | 11 |
| SII | 273 | 50m | 11 |