The Thor's Helmet nebula, or NGC 2359, is large emission nebula about 30 light years across and about 12,000 light years away.

It get's its name from resembling the mythological god of thunder's helmet.

The different colors are a result of different elements within the nebula which emits light at different wavelengths.

Captured with an 11 inch telescope and a special reducing lens called Hyperstar at a very cold night in the Israeli desert.