Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Thor's Helmet 2

NGC 2359

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Original – NGC 2359, lies in the constellation of Canis Major (The Great Dog). The helmet-shaped nebula is around 15 000 light-years away from Earth and is over 30 light-years across. The helmet is a cosmic bubble, blown as the wind from the bright, massive star near the bubble's centre sweeps through the surrounding molecular cloud.

Alt. 1

Reason

This one is complete Thor's helmet and hence makes it a perfect FPC

Articles in which this image appears

NGC 2359

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out

Creator

Martin Rusterholz in CXIELO

• Support as nominator --The Herald 13:36, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose I'd love to see a good FP of this nebula, but even this doesn't cut it; fuzzy in full size, too dark compared to http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0701/thor_cfht_big.jpg (which isn't FP quality, either). Any better Hubble images of this? --Janke | Talk 06:18, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, no perfect Hubble image. But I find this one is the best one available for FPC. How's the alternate...?? The Herald 09:09, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Alt is very fuzzy, and appears to be upscaled from a much smaller image, so, Oppose that one, too. Pity if no better can be found. --Janke | Talk 08:10, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:44, 13 April 2014 (UTC)