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Thor's Helmet Nebula
NGC2359
Object
Type Nebula
Constellation Canis Major
Distance 15,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 17 Jan 2008 (Winter)
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 180 mins @ -20C
Ha 12x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector
Focal Length 1280mm @f/6.4
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha
Software CCD Commander, Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop