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NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 - cat's paw and lobster - in a wide
field mosaic |
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Object description:
Our wide-field mosaic shows in overview the two large
H-II star-forming regions NGC 6334 (the
Cat's Paw Nebula, in the lower right image) and NGC
6357 (the Lobster Nebula) in the constellation Scorpio. Both
emission regions show almost exclusively red colors.
Our image
impressively shows the large dark gas and dust cloud that lies between the
solar system and the two nebulae, absorbing almost all green and blue light
from the nebulae. |
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We
captured these interesting nebula regions with different focal lengths. A
mosaic exposed with 500 mm focal length
is shown here.
Both nebular regions we also photographed separately with longer
focal length, there you can find detailed object descriptions:
NGC 6357 here and
NGC 6334 her.
More images and descriptions can be
found at ESO, for NGC 6334
here and for NGC 6357
here.
We can also show both H-II regions as
narrowband images, the cat's paw (NGC 6334) (NGC 6334)
here and the lobster (NGC 6357)
here.
« Click here or the thumbnail to load a large annoted image
and a size comparison to the full moon. |
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