Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
08 Sept 2021
NGC 6334 - 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.
SPECIFICATIONS
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6334
5 credit
- 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 |