Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
13 Apr 2022
NGC 6334 a.ka Gum64, Cat's Paw Nebula or Bear Claw Nebula
An emission nebula in the constellation
of Scorpius ~5000 ly away and ~320 ly wide. One of the most active star-forming regions in our galaxy
and is deeply studied.
LRGB 2h 10' (13x600s) from CHI-1 Telescope, a Planewave CDK24 with FLI PL 9000 camera and
Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB filters, part of telescope.live network.
Acquired on Apr 7, 13, 14,16,17 July 2021
Processed in PixInsight.
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 |