Sh2-8 Cat's Paw Nebula: A Brief Capture From 39N Latitude HOO (Brandon Tackett)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: B257 · HD155551 · HD155633 · HD155735 · HD155736 · HD155807 · HD155974 · HD156041 · HD156134 · HD156154 · HD156201 · HD156369 · HD156441 · HD156673 · HD156738 · HD156867 · HD156935 · HD157036 · HD157059 · HD157060 · HD157096 · HD157204 · HD157339 · HD157400 · HD157401 · HD157418 · HD319527 · HD319529 · HD319542 · HD319543 · And 49 more.

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Sh2-8 Cat's Paw Nebula: A Brief Capture From 39N Latitude HOO

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I woke up early to catch up on paper work after vacation and wanted to see what the RASA8 and 2600 MC could produce going after a very southern target. From my front yard, this Hii region only rises to a maximum of 13.5 degrees at the meridian. A fun and quick capture with only 20 subs prior to sunrise, but it gives me the green light to try to combo this along with the lobster nebula with a 90 degree camera rotation in the future.

Sh2-8 is located 5,500 light years from Earth in the Southern Constellation of Scorpius. The formation measures approximately 50 light years across and is a dense area of star formation within the our local portion of the Milky Way.

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RA (center)	17h19m25s.51
RA (top/left)	17h24m53s.72
RA (top/right)	17h13m41s.52
RA (bottom/right)	17h13m51s.16
RA (bottom/left)	17h25m16s.50

Dec (center)	-35°50′11″.8
Dec (top/left)	-35°02′32″.1
Dec (top/right)	-35°07′27″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	-36°36′57″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	-36°32′00″.9

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