Thor's helmet - old data new rendition.

[Kinch]

This one is a mix of NBRGB Combination and Foraxx palette images. (Data from 2018 - 6 Years ago!   .........  Never throw out your old data 😉

NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot giant thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula, but interactions with a nearby large molecular cloud are thought to have contributed to the more complex shape and curved bow-shock structure of Thor's Helmet.

Data from 6 years ago - processed again 06Feb24.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi FSQ130ED

Imaging cameras: QSI 6120

Mounts: Takahashi EM 400 Temma 2M

Astrodon R 12 x 10'

Astrodon G 12 x 10'

Astrodon B 12 x 10'

Astrodon Ha 14 x 20'

Astrodon OIII 13 x 20'

Total Time: 15 Hours.

[Kinch]

I have updated my image - used R Crowman's BlurX to sharpen things up some. I cannot see how to just replace the above image - but maybe no harm.....so that a comparison can be made between the two.

[SwiMatt]

Stunning image!

[Kinch]

1 hour ago, SwiMatt said:

Stunning image!

Thanks very much 👍

[WolfieGlos]

BlurX made a real difference to the core!

[Kinch]

Indeed - All the info says to use it on unstretched images only......but I find, one can also use it on JPEG images with reasonable success.