Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  B257  ·  HD156369  ·  HD156441  ·  HD156673  ·  HD156738  ·  HD156867  ·  HD157060  ·  HD319632  ·  HD319634  ·  HD319635  ·  HD319664  ·  HD319690  ·  HD319691  ·  HD319692  ·  HD319693  ·  HD319695  ·  HD319696  ·  HD319697  ·  HD319698  ·  HD319700  ·  HD319701  ·  HD319702  ·  HD319703  ·  HD319728  ·  HD319729  ·  HD319730  ·  NGC 6334  ·  Sh2-8
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC6334 the Catpaw nebula, tommy_nawratil
Powered byPixInsight

NGC6334 the Catpaw nebula

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC6334 the Catpaw nebula, tommy_nawratil
Powered byPixInsight

NGC6334 the Catpaw nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

One of the great emission nebulas visible in the grat rift of the Milkyway deep south in Scorpius - the lobes forming the famous celeastial paw are of different origin, most being star factories, but the one to the south east is a Supernovs remnant showing the characteristic filamentous structures.

Taken in Namibia at Hakos 2017 and Rooisand 2019, both sessions with 8" f/4 Newtonians and ASI1600MMP camera using Optolong LRGBHa filters.
3min subframes, about 6hrs expo time total.

Comments

Revisions

  • Final
    NGC6334 the Catpaw nebula, tommy_nawratil
    Original
  • NGC6334 the Catpaw nebula, tommy_nawratil
    B

B

Description: annotated version

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC6334 the Catpaw nebula, tommy_nawratil