Saturday, April 20, 2013

Thor's Helmet, the Norse God of Thunder can be seen in the cosmic cloud with wing like appendages. Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. It is cataloged as NGC 2359, the nebula is located about 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. It shows off a blue-green color from strong emission due to oxygen atoms in the glowing gas.

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  1. Brian MMay 17, 2013 at 7:17 AM

    Wow, what an impressive image. Check out a related project: http://www.galaxyzoo.org/

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  2. DaveAugust 23, 2013 at 7:51 PM

    That is a cool site that helps educators understand how galaxies are formed and also be able to identify and classify them.

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