Mersing- Cat's Paw Nebula

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Mersing- Cat's Paw Nebula

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Did not have enough time to take Ha.

Kochu/26-5-12


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Name : Cat's Paw Nebula. NGC 6334
Constellation: Scorpius.
Magnitude:
Angular Size: 40 '.
Mount/Scope/Reducer/Mount control: SW EQ6 Pro/SW 120 ED/Meade 0.63 FR/EQDir/CDC
Guider: WO 80 SD /DSI Pro/PHD/ Pulse Guide thru EQDir.
Camera : QSI 583 WS @ Minus 10 Deg C.
Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB.
Image details: 5 x 600 L/ 3 x 300 R/ 3 x 300 G/ 3 x 300 B Total : 1hrs: 40 min: Captured using

Maxim DL 5.18
Processing Details: Maxim DL 5.18/Adobe CS4/Darks only
Object details:
NGC 6334 (also known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula and Gum 64) is an emission nebula located

in the constellation Scorpius. It lies about 5500 light-years away and covers an area on the sky

slightly larger than the full Moon. The whole gas cloud is about 50 light-years across.
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Re: Mersing- Cat's Paw Nebula

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Hi Kochu,

Thank you for sharing, keep coming
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Good capture of a Cat, Kochu :)
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Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Mersing- Cat's Paw Nebula

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Hi,
Nice... May be that's left by Leo... the big cat... ha ha ha :mrgreen:

Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day.
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weixing wrote:Hi,
Nice... May be that's left by Leo... the big cat... ha ha ha :mrgreen:

Thanks for sharing.

Have a nice day.
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Good idea Weixing, May be we should rename it as Cat's droppings.

Kochu
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