Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357)

Jan Scheers

Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357)

Image of the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) acquired with CHI-2 (ASA500N).
NGC 6357 is an emission nebula located in the constellation Scorpius.

Total integration time 225 minutes. 10 subs of 300s with SII and H-alpha, 25 subs of 300s with OIII.
Pro Dataset Ian Howarth

SPECIFICATIONS

Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

CHI-2 (ASA500N, 50cm)

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

FLI PL16803

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

El Sauce Observatory, Chile

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1/10/2020

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

SHO

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop CC (incl. AstroPanel 4.2, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI & Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins)

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Pro Dataset curated by Ian Howarth