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NGC 2359 - Duck Nebula - Thor's Helmet
Canis Major
Penryn, California
December 2005
FS-128  (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 15 minute subs

NGC 2359 is a faint nebula involving a Wolf-Rayet star.  The star periodically sheds it outer shell forming bubbles in the interstellar medium.