https://hgastro.github.io/tags/ngc2359/Recent content in Ngc2359 on Suburban Backyard Astro SightsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhgastroblog@gmail.comhgastroblog@gmail.comAll images and content on this website © 2025 Howard GramsSun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://hgastro.github.io/posts/2023-01-22-thors-helmet/Sun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2023-01-22-thors-helmet/<p>I never cease to be amazed at the imagination shown by astronomers over the years in coming up with names to attach to celestial nebulae. Here is a look from last week at Thor&rsquo;s Helmet, a hat shaped emission nebula with wing-like appendages, more formally known as NGC 2359.</p>