NGC 6357 - The Lobster Nebula in SHO (Steve de Lisle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: 13.42 · 227 Philosophia · HD157191 · HD157217 · HD157338 · HD157384 · HD157486 · HD157514 · HD157515 · HD157516 · HD157528 · HD157590 · HD157642 · HD157693 · HD157751 · HD157763 · HD157920 · HD158021 · HD158073 · HD158124 · HD158198 · HD317557 · HD317558 · HD317559 · HD317561 · HD317562 · HD317563 · HD317564 · HD317633 · HD317634 · And 64 more.

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NGC 6357 - The Lobster Nebula in SHO

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NGC 6357 - The Lobster Nebula in SHO

NGC 6357 in SHO. Commonly called the Lobster Nebula but also the War and Peace Nebula located 8000 light years away in Scorpius. I processed this in APP, Pixinsight and Lightroom. Basic flow was to stack the subs in APP and then load the masters into Pixinsight. I then did a dynamic crop, ABE, EZ denoise on the Ha master (which was also used as a Luminance layer) and combined in PixelMath. From there, stretched to non-linear, curves adjustment, dark structure enhance and EZ star reduction. Final adjustments in Lightroom including some sharpening. Happy for any helpful comments.

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Description: Reprocessed old data and changed orientation to something a little different.

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Objects of the South - negative declination only
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RA (center)	17h26m33s.515
RA (top/left)	17h30m17s.299
RA (top/right)	17h29m16s.670
RA (bottom/right)	17h22m53s.964
RA (bottom/left)	17h23m46s.545

Dec (center)	-34°13′27″.38
Dec (top/left)	-35°02′54″.28
Dec (top/right)	-33°15′00″.25
Dec (bottom/right)	-33°23′34″.39
Dec (bottom/left)	-35°11′37″.47

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