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Object Info
Objects NGC2359
Type Emission/Reflection Nebula
Centered at: RA: 07h18m 20s DEC: -13d 13' 47"
Constellation Canis Major
Magnitude
Size 60 light years
Distance 4,000 light years
Age ?
Dimensions > 8 x 6 arcminutes
Image Field 56 x 38 arcminutes
Notes This is a hydrogen-alpha image taken through a Schuler 10nm filter.
Taken from: TSO
Gold Coast, Queensland
27:56.08S 153:23.54E
On: 11th, 18th-Sep, 11th, 13th, 18th, 23rd, 25th-November-2004



Image Info
Telescope Intes MN61 : Maksutov-Newtonian
Focal Length 900 millimetres
Telescope guiding SBIG ST5c at 1000mm
Telescope control Astrometric Sky Walker II
CCD camera SBIG ST-10xe
Camera cooling Regulated Thermoelectric
Camera pixels 2184 x 1472 x 6.8um
Image scale 1.53 arcseconds per pixel
Processed with: Mira A/P, Maxim DL, CCDSharp, Photoshop
Exposure times Ha = 150 minutes taken as 5-minute unbinned images.
Image Calibrations All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded.