Description: ING image release of NGC 2359 Nebula.

Credit: Rafael Barrena (IAC) and Daniel López.

Date: 2012.

Technical information:
Telescope: 2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope.
Instrument: WFC.
Detector: EEV.
Filters and exposure times: It is a three-colour composite made from data collected using filters to isolate the light emitted by hydrogen alpha (H-alpha), doubly-ionised oxygen (OIII) and single-ionised sulfur (SII) atoms, and coded in the image as red, green and blue respectively.

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