Thor’s Helmet

284×30 sec or 142 minutes from a Bortle 7-8 metro zone, an L-eNhance filter, a QHY183c at -20C cooling and a TV-85 at F/5.6.

“Thor’s Helmet,” aka NGC 2359. First time I ever shot this with any camera. For years I’ve passed this guy up for bigger or better objects nearby, but not on this night. It was a main goal for this night’s imaging session. It did not get high enough to image until 2:00 am here and I took a nap as soon as I started it going. Luckily, I got enough data before sunrise to make a half-decent final image

UPDATE  Nov 13, 2020:
More time added with 30×120 sec sub-images at Gain 20, offset 200 to the above.  Total time 3 hrs, 22 min.

Thor’s Helmet – 30×120 sec and 284×30 sec from a Bortle 7-8 metro zone, an L-eNhance filter, a QHY183c at -20C cooling and a TV-85 at F/5.6.

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