Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
24 Jun 2021
The Cat's Paw Nebula
This is an image of NGC 6334, also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula. It is an emission nebula and star forming region about 5,500 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. Many stars up to 10 times the mass of our sun have been born there is the past few million years.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6334
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 259.78333 Dec -35.84028
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................26 Jul 2022 - 26 Jul 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| SII | 600 | 40m | 4 |
| OIII | 600 | 40m | 4 |