NGC 6357 - Lobster Nebula in SHO (David Arseneau)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: B258 · HD157125 · HD157156 · HD157191 · HD157217 · HD157384 · HD157486 · HD157515 · HD157516 · HD157528 · HD157693 · HD157751 · HD157763 · HD317561 · HD317564 · HD317643 · HD317644 · HD317650 · HD319706 · HD319707 · HD319708 · HD319709 · HD319710 · HD319712 · HD319713 · HD319714 · HD319715 · HD319716 · HD319717 · HD319718 · And 22 more.

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NGC 6357 - Lobster Nebula in SHO

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NGC 6357 - Lobster Nebula in SHO

NGC 6357, also known as the Lobster or War and Peace Nebula, is a diffuse nebula located about 5,900LY from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. It is one of the most prominent/active areas of massive star formation in our area of the galaxy, and is home to several young O type stars that are responsible for the numerous bubbles in the molecular cloud seen in the image.

I struggled with processing this one due to the limited data/subs I was able to collect in one night...it's been a very cloudy/rainy autumn and early winter here in my part of New Zealand. Time to put it to bed for now and wait for another opportunity to add data and try new processing ideas.

I hope you enjoy!

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	5945827
PixInsight job	GY1PUYPV93WE1VBSILO1GTZ26E3TSLGR
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	17h25m14s.244
RA (top/left)	17h27m59s.999
RA (top/right)	17h22m16s.836
RA (bottom/right)	17h22m26s.128
RA (bottom/left)	17h28m14s.800

Dec (center)	-34°10′34″.24
Dec (top/left)	-33°33′33″.25
Dec (top/right)	-33°35′56″.73
Dec (bottom/right)	-34°47′23″.100
Dec (bottom/left)	-34°44′57″.89

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