Cats Paw Nebula NGC6334 13th July 2020

Prawn Nebula IC4628 Reprocessesed in Startools

 IC4628 Bright Nebula in Sagittarius 6000 Light Years Distant (Centre),  

NGC 6242 Open Star Cluster (Bottom Right),  

NGC 6268 Open Star Cluster (Top Right), 

TR(Trumpler) 24  and the wider CR(Collinder) 316 Open Star Cluster(s) encompass  the foreground area of the Prawn Nebula and adjacent star field to left bottom of the image.

All around 3500 to 3700 Light Years Distant. 

30 x 120sec Images (60 Minutes Integration Time)

Hardware

Modified Canon 30D and Vixen ED80 Refractor

50mm (FL 140mm) Guidescope and Meade DSI C II Guide Camera

Skywatcher EQ6 German Eqautorial Mount

Software

Captured InAPT(AstroPhotographyTool)

Auto-Guiding PHD2

Telescope Control EQMOD with Planetarium CDC (Cart Du Ciel)

Image Preporcessing, Stacking in Nebulosity, Stretching and Noise Reduction in Startools