Wallpaper author:
Eric Ganz
29 Jun 2021
Cat's paw nebula
Emission nebula. Active star forming region.
Feature at top left looks like a tropical fish…
5,500 light years distant.
False color image of cat's paw nebula.
Chile two telescope 50 cm Newtonian.
4 hours total exposure SHO
Hubble palette
2020
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6334
1 credit
- 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 |