Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6357  ·  Sh2-11  ·  the War and Peace Nebula
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 6357 - THE WAR AND PEACE NEBULA, Shaun Robertson
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 6357 - THE WAR AND PEACE NEBULA

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 6357 - THE WAR AND PEACE NEBULA, Shaun Robertson
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 6357 - THE WAR AND PEACE NEBULA

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This cosmic crustacean is a large diffuse nebula located in the Constellation of Scorpius close to 8000 light years away from earth.

Spanning about 400 light years across, this nebula is a region where new stars are being born in chaotic clouds of gas and dust.

Intricate shapes in the nebula are carved by interstellar winds and energetic radiation from the young and newly forming massive stars.

This image consists of 11 hours of imaging time across hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur filters, taken through the Skywatcher Esprit 100ED Telescope and ZWO1600GT Camera.

Processed in Photoshop and Pixinsight.

All imaged from my suburban Melbourne backyard!

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 6357 - THE WAR AND PEACE NEBULA, Shaun Robertson