Thor’s Helmet Nebula NGC 2359 Wall Art including Frame Frame Colors:White In this black and white

In this black and white infrared image

about twenty times the mass of our Sun and five times its radius

North Twin is approximately 860 meters (2800 feet) from the lander

A series of short exposures through a near-infrared filtre was obtained of the waning Moon at sunrise on January 12 (at about 10 hrs UT)

Thor’s Helmet Nebula NGC 2359 Wall Art including Frame Frame Colors:White In this black and whiteThis VLT image of the Thors Helmet Nebula was taken on the occasion of ESOs 50th Anniversary, 5 October 2012, with the help of Brigitte Bailleul winner of the Tweet Your Way to the VLT! competition. The observations were broadcast live over the internet from the Paranal Observatory in Chile. This object, also known as NGC 2359, lies in the constellation of Canis Major (The Great Dog). The helmet shaped nebula is around 15 000 light years away from