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NGC2359 - Thor's Helmet: A Celestial Headpiece
Thor’s Helmet is incredibly faint and quite a beast to tackle with a DSLR. Serious long exposures are a must! I’ll definitely have to revisit this one with a proper CCD camera, a real one!
- Capture Date: 2012-02-20
- Credit: Cédric Thomas
- Location: Le petit Borobia Observatory, remote session
- Telescope: William Optics FLT 110 TEC (oiled spaced) @ F/5.2
- Focal Reducer: William Optics AFR-IV 0.8x
- Mount: Sky Watcher N-EQ6 Pro
- Autoguiding: LodeStar on 80mm guidescope + MaximDL
- Camera: Canon EOS 1100d, Astrodon modified
- RGB Exposure: 3h10 (38x300s) @ ISO 800
- Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Levels + Curves + Cropping (Photoshop)