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Object: NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet- Constellation Canis Major

Distance: 12 thousand light years

Date Imaged: Jan 29, 2020 through Mar 28, 2020

Date Image Processed: May-June 2020

Telescope: Takahashi TSA 102 with Takahashi Field Flattener

Image Train: FLI PDF Focuser, Takometer Rotator

Focal Length: 800 mm

Camera: SBIG STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, Operating at -30 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 1.39 arcsec/pixel

Exposures: 28.5 hours total duration

0 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

15 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

15 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

15 Blue - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

21 H-Alpha (3nm) - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

21 O-III (3nm) - 30 Minute Images binned 1x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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