I haven't posted an image in awhile. I took this image of Thors Helmet last winter. I do most of my imaging from late autumn till early spring. The nights are long and cool plus I'm not interested in "galaxy season". The rest of the year is either too hot to image or too much rain. Thors Helmet is an emission nebula that has a special kind of star (Wolf-Rayet) near the middle of the helmet. The star is creating a very powerful wind that is blowing away dust and gas creating the helmet. Eventually, the star will go supernova. I just like the shape of the nebula and I think of it more as a samurai helmet...since I live in Japan. Very scientific! Well anyways, I'll be processing more images very shortly as these typhoons passing through make it hard to do much else. It's been a very hot and humid summer.
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