NGC6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula (Brian Boyle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: NGC 6334 · Sh2-8

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NGC6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula

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NGC6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula

I have been enjoying my re-visitation of the "great menagerie" of the central Milky way nebulae; Dragons, Prawns, Lobsters etc at 1600mm focal length.

Nevertheless, I was dreading the Cat's Paw nebula - one that I struggle to process well. I find it very difficult to pull out what little [OIII] there is, whereas others seem to have less trouble. Consequently my paw pad (as opposed to the claw pads) looks dull, compared to those who manage a wonderful cyan in the middle of it.

This time was no different, as all I was managed was a hint of insipid sickly green/khaki. To over my inadequacies, I cropped to focus on the claw pads, which so a wonderful range of textures, if not colours. Having said that the central claw pad has some colour, with the feature here looking rather like some demented bottlenose dolphin.

Ah well... I will be cooling off in the Lagoon soon.

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RA (center)	17h19m47s.319
RA (top/left)	17h17m19s.437
RA (top/right)	17h22m38s.933
RA (bottom/right)	17h22m13s.893
RA (bottom/left)	17h16m57s.606

Dec (center)	-35°52′57″.20
Dec (top/left)	-36°19′22″.15
Dec (top/right)	-36°12′46″.18
Dec (bottom/right)	-35°26′20″.89
Dec (bottom/left)	-35°32′55″.11

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