NGC 6334 and 6357 are located
near the tip of the tail in Scorpius. NGC 6334 resembles a paw print, hence its common
name of the Cat's Paw Nebula.
Instrument: Nikkor
300 mm f/4 lens/ST-10XME/Astrodon LRGB filters/Losmandy G-11/Gemini
F-ratio: f/5.6
Exposures: RRGB: R 6 x 20 minutes, binned 1x1: G 6 x 5 minutes,
binned 2x2: B 6 x 5 minutes, binned 2x2
Date: July 4 and 5, 2008
Location: Mount Laguna, California, USA
Technical Notes: Exposures were sigma combined, and the RGB image
assembled in Registar 1.0. Reduce Noise was applied to the RGB image. A High-Pass Filter
of 4 pixels was selectively applied using a Layer Mask to the bright portions of the
luminance image. The RGB image was duplicated and combined with the original using Soft
Light to enhance color.
