NGC 6334 (Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula) SHO+RGB stars (Jian Yuan Peng)

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

NGC 6334 (Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula) SHO+RGB stars, Jian Yuan Peng

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NGC 6334 (Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula) SHO+RGB stars

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NGC 6334 (Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula) SHO+RGB stars

I wanted/tried to capture Cat's Paw Nebula for years and finally got it done this year. It was very low between 14~16 degrees above the horizon (1.5 hours image times). This image is an SHO Hubble palette of colors with RGB stars.

C & C are welcome.

Jian Yuan Peng

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NGC 6334, (a.k.a. the Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64) is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius about 5,500 light-years from the Earth. NGC 6334, discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837, is one of the nearest H II regions to the solar system and about 50 light-years across. The large glowing cloud earned the nickname Cat’s Paw because it looks like a gigantic pawprint of a cat.

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Telescope: TEC 160FL + TEC FRC 0.9x

Mount: Astro-Physics 1100GTO

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI6200MM

Software: PHD2, PixInsight, Lightroom 6.4, Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS6

Location: Palo Alto, California, USA

PhotometricColorCalibration data (preCorp):

Resolution ............... 0.784 arcsec/px

Rotation ................. -179.240 deg

Reference system ......... ICRS

Observation start time ... 2021-05-18 08:42:14 UTC

Observation end time ..... 2021-06-15 06:55:19 UTC

Focal distance ........... 988.81 mm

Pixel size ............... 3.76 um

Field of view ............ 1d 58' 16.7" x 1d 19' 44.4"

Image center ............. RA: 17 19 48.955 Dec: -35 51 31.33

Astrodon 50mm Unmounted 3nm Narrowband Ha, SII, OIII filters

Blue 36x120" 72 Minutes Bin1x1

Green 34x120" 68 Minutes Bin1x1

Red 35x120" 70 Minutes Bin1x1

Ha 37x900" 9.25 Hours Bin1x1

OIII 37x900" 9.25 Hours Bin1x1

SII 36x900" 9 Hours Bin1x1

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