Wallpaper author:
ian howarth
25 Dec 2019
NGC 6334
This 3x3 mosaic of images from the 60cm Planewave CDK24 telescope in Chile shows NGC 6334 also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula.
The Cat’s Paw Nebula lies near the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. It is one of the most active nurseries of massive stars in our galaxy; the nebula hides new stars that are each nearly 10 times the mass of our Sun and only a few million years old. There are also many new ‘baby’ stars, deep within the dust. The Nebula could contain several tens of thousands of stars.
Total integrations was:
14 hours H-alpha
16.7 hours SII
20.8 hours OIII
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6334
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 260.0875 Dec -35.94611
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................07 Apr 2021 - 23 May 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Luminance | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Red | 540 | 1h30m | 10 |
| Green | 660 | 1h50m | 10 |