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NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
APOD.NASA ^
| 2020 June 12
| NASA/Martin Pugh
Posted on 06/12/2020 6:21:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: NGC 2359 is a helmet-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages popularly called Thor's Helmet. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, the helmet is more like an interstellar bubble, blown as a fast wind from the bright, massive star near the bubble's center inflates a region within the surrounding molecular cloud. Known as a Wolf-Rayet star, the central star is an extremely hot giant thought to be in a brief, pre-supernova stage of evolution. NGC 2359 is located about 15,000 light-years away in the constellation of the Great Overdog. The remarkably sharp image is a mixed cocktail of data from broadband and narrowband filters using three different telescopes. It captures natural looking stars and the details of the nebula's filamentary structures. The predominant bluish hue is strong emission from doubly ionized oxygen atoms in the glowing gas.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; greatoverdog; ngc2359; science; thorshelmet; wolfrayetstar
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To: SunkenCiv
All is well until a Wolf-Rayet star moves into the neighborhood and goes all supernova on you.
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:22:27 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:23:26 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:28:46 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:29:55 PM PDT
by
Boardwalk
To: Fiddlstix
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:33:30 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Fiddlstix
To me, it looks like a horse biting a camel on the nose.
Or Nancy Pelosi.
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:35:41 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: Fiddlstix
Makes you feel kinda small, doesn’t it???
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:44:03 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: blueunicorn6
It’s a warrior running to the right, carrying a shield....
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:45:23 PM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: JBW1949
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posted on
06/12/2020 6:54:00 PM PDT
by
thinden
To: MtnClimber
Doesn't look anything like it.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:07:11 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
To: blueunicorn6
I see the head of a praying mantis...
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:07:52 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
To: MtnClimber
Don’t see Thor, nor his helmet.
I do see a teddy bear’s head, though.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:09:33 PM PDT
by
adorno
To: JBW1949
Yes.....yes.....I can see that.....
No I can’t.
Sorry.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:09:46 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: blueunicorn6
I see a Harp Seal poking it’s head out of a cosmic cloud.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:10:41 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sureexist)
To: Paul R.
Yes.....yes.....I can see that.....
No I can’t.
Sorry.
Still looks like a horse biting a camel’s nose to me.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:13:27 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: Deaf Smith
Yes.....yes.....I can see that.....
Nope. Not at all.
Sorry.
Still looks like a horse biting a camel’s nose and there’s a parrot on the side of the camel’s face.
Plain as day to anyone who’s drinking.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:35:55 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: blueunicorn6
How about Nancy Pelosi (with no bra) biting a camel on the nose and hitting it in the side of the head with her gavel?
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:40:57 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: blueunicorn6
Put down the cough syrup.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:43:07 PM PDT
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Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sureexist)
To: MtnClimber
Now I’ll be too scared to sleep tonight.
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posted on
06/12/2020 7:52:00 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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