Thor's Helmet - NGC 2359

Image Description and Details :

Thor's Helmet - NGC 2359

Thor's Helmet, an emission nebula ~11,960 light years away, is in the constellation Canis Major. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, a star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution.


Acquisition:
Location: Queen Creek, AZ Bortle 7
Date: 2022-02-26 - 2022-03-11
Lights (Dithered, Cooled 0°C, Gain 100):
199 x 180s
Darks: 25
Flats: 25
Dark Flats: 25

Hardware:
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
Scope: Celestron EdgeHD 11"
Focal Reducer: Celestron 0.7x
Focuser: Prodigy Microfocuser
Guide Camera: Unguided
Guide Scope: Unguided
Mount: GM2000 HPS II
Filter: Optolong L-Enhance

Software:
SGP
Pixinsight
Photoshop

Processing:
Stacked in Pixinsight (WBPP, SubframeSelector, DrizzleIntegration)
Pixinsight (DCrop, ABE, PhotometricCC, EZDenoise, EZSoftStretch, EZStarReduction, StarNet2)
Gradient removal using GradientXterminator
Camera Raw Filter in Photoshop
AstroFlat Pro
Color/Levels Adjustments

Copyright: James Hawks