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Date/Location February 28, 2025, Wheelock, Texas & April 5, 2026 St. Joseph, Missouri
Camera and Settings Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory
Telescope Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory
Mount Celestron Origin Alt-Az Mount (2025) and Equatorial Wedge (2026)
Exposure 1920 sec (128 x 15 sec) and 1830s (61x30s)
Processing Photoshop CS6
Other AKA the Duck Nebula or Thor's Helme.; Constellation Canis Major; 8.0 x 6.0 arc minutes in size. The 2025 data was using an Otolong L-Quad filter while the 2026 data was using an Optolon L-enhance filter. Image cropped.
NGC2359
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