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NGC2359

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - GSO RC12 STXL11002

Guiding - AOX

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

Ha OIII RGB 33 hours

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -Located in the constellation of Canis Major and lying at a distance of 12,000 light years.

The central star is a Wolf-Rayet which is causing the helmet effect.