NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula [3] in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 …

Feb 10, 2015 · Thor’s Helmet is an emission nebula located in the southern constellation Canis Major. Its designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 2359. The nebula is 30 light …

NGC 2359: Image by David Malin using the 3.9m-Anglo Australian Telescope Physical Properties. It is an emission nebula around a 10.4 mag Wolf-Rayet star (WR). These stars are …

Thor’s Helmet is composed of cosmic dust and gas, which astrophotography reveals to have a blue-green appearance. NGC 2359 spans roughly 30 light-years across and appears as an …

NGC 2359 is located about 15,000 light-years away in the constellation of the Great Overdog. The remarkably sharp image is a mixed cocktail of data from broadband and narrowband filters …

Jan 1, 2024 · Thor’s Helmet (NGC 2359) is an emission nebula in Canis Major that has been relegated to obscurity by the brighter Orion Nebula (M42) in the same part of the sky. Like …

Apr 2, 2025 · Thor's Helmet is an Emission Nebula located in the constellation of Canis Major in the southern hemisphere. Thor's Helmet's distance from Earth is 15,000.00 light years. Thor's …

Dec 13, 2021 · "NGC 2359 is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The …

Mar 23, 2010 · NGC 2359, A bright nebula surrounding a Wolf-Rayet Star: This ring-shaped nebulosity results from the interaction between the stellar wind of a central Wolf-Rayet star …

NGC 2359 is also known as "Thor's Helmet" due to its distinctive shape. The "helmet" shape is a gas bubble formed by a very energetic Wolf-Rayet star (HD56925) in the center of this bubble. …