Deep Sky Object in Summer
NGC6334 (Diffused Nebula in Scorpius)

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Date & Time: Aug 10 2021, from 20:15 to 20:41 JST(+0900)
Composed 9 shots with 3 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-V4 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Yamatsuri town, Fukushima pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(5472×3648)
Device Size...36×24mm, Sensitivity...ISO2500


NGC6334 / Diffused Nebula, type E
R.A.17h 20m 30.0s (2000.0)
Dec.-35°43' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size46.5×22.0'
Real Size74×35 light yrs.
Magnitude -
Distance5500 light yrs.
Other IDsSh2-8, RCW127
Gum 64
This image shows you a close-up image of the Cat's paw nebula. You can detect the complicated structure of the nebula. There are very dimmed nebulosities in west region of the nebula.
  This image has been cropped with an equivalent focal length of 700mm.

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