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NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 Wide-Field, Zak Jones
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NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 Wide-Field

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NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 Wide-Field

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NGC 6334 and NGC 6357: The Cat's Paw and Lobster Nebulae

This is the results after two-nights worth of imaging in mid-June this year. There is also a little cameo near the top-middle part of the image not too far away from the Cat's Paw Nebula: NGC 6302, the Bug Nebula. Unfortunately I did blow out it's details slightly, but that doesn't really matter too much as it is really small and I don't have any long focal length telescopes to try and image it and also because the main focus was the Cat's Paw and Lobster Nebulae. Still, it's a nice surprise nonetheless.

I have previously photographed these targets before a few years ago, but that was with a stock DSLR and camera lens. This time round, I used my modified Canon 6D and Optolong L-eXtreme filter to bring out all of the red Ha areas that actually look pretty cool in my opinion. I did have to remove the halos around some stars in post caused by the L-eXtreme, but unfortunately I couldn't remove the halos from the two bright stars that aren't too far away from the Cat's Paw Nebula, which are visible in this photo.

I have since acquired the Optolong L-Ultimate, which I haven't used much yet due to the weather, but I am hoping to image with it some more so I can really put it to the test and see if it still produces halos.

I am also hoping to try and image one of these nebulae on their own one day, as they are both very intersting targets and they both certainly look like what they are named after!

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NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 Wide-Field, Zak Jones

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