#SmartTelescopes

2025-05-14

Today we have a mosaic of two images, both taken the same night by two #Dwarf3 #SmartTelescopes from the roof of the studio at the back of our house, where we left them running all night, with the help of a pair of 10Ah USB-C powerpacks.

I targeted The Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC6334), while @leece targeted part of the nearby NGC6357. We both made sure to have the individual nebulae off-centre frame enough that we could get a slight overlap.

For both we have around 7 hours of exposure - 420ishx60s@80, both with the internal Ha/OIII filter.

We ran both images through the Dwarflab Stellar Studio to do a star removal, and recomposed both images with a star mask. Some final tuning in Snapseed, and then a manual combining of the two shots.

All up, about 2 hours actual effort, over three days.

#Astrophotography #Astrodon #NGC6334 #NGC6357 #MosaicImage #Nebula #Astronomy #Dwarflab #Snapseed

Two red-orange nebulosities against  a fainter blue-green cloudiness. The top nebula resembles the pawprint of a cat, while the lower looks a bit like a lobster or scorpion. Each is annotated in green, with the top labelled "Cats Paw Nebula NGC6334", and the lower "War and Peace Nebula NGC6357".A blue-green cloudiness or faint nebula, with two bright red-orange nebulae, one above the other. The top resembles the pawprint of a cat, while the lower looks like a scorpion or lobster.

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