Cat's Paw Nebula
Cat's Paw Nebula
NGC 6334, colloqually known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, at a distance of approximately 5,000 light-years from the Sun.
This SHO-Image is acquired with the ASA500N (CHI-2) telescope. Pro Dataset curated by Ian Howarth.
Total integration time: 245 minutes
25 subs of 300s with SII
14 subs of 300s with H-alpha
10 subs of 300s with OIII
This SHO-Image is acquired with the ASA500N (CHI-2) telescope. Pro Dataset curated by Ian Howarth.
Total integration time: 245 minutes
25 subs of 300s with SII
14 subs of 300s with H-alpha
10 subs of 300s with OIII
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
CHI-2 (ASA500N, 50cm)
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation
18/09/2020
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
Comments
Nice rendition, Jan. I found it hard to pull up the OIII in this dataset; looks like you had the same issue, but i like the colours in your version
Thank you Ian. It took me a few tries to get this "right", but I'm also satisfied with it.