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NGC2359 (Bright Nebula in Canis Major)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 20-inch other Location: Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Feb 10 02:25:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 76
Using a friend's 20" f/10 classical Cassegrain and a 2" 40mm Orion MegaVista ocular I located and observed the unique diffuse nebula NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet or the Duck Nebula) for the first time from Pennsylvania. (I had seen it previously from the Florida Keys at the Winter Star Party.) It was barely visible without an O-III filter but when the filter was in place the nebula was unmistakable, resembling not so much a Viking's helmet as an M turned on its side.
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