NGC 6334 ZWO ASI 071 Pro

[benklerk]

NGC 6334

NGC 6334 also known as the Cat's Paw Nebula,is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius. Its about 5,500 light years away from Earth.

GSO RC 6
HEQ5 Pro Belt Mod
ZWO ASI 071
5min x 42 = 3.5 hrs

[multiweb]

That is very nice. I like your stars and the colors in the neb. Very sharp too. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[RickS]

Looks good, Ben!

[gregbradley]

Looks good Ben but the allred colours are a bit much. Its a hard one to balance but perhaps less Ha and more RGB to get a better colour balance.
Nebula images that are all red tend to be unattractive.

Greg.

[Nikolas]

Is that the actual colour?
I find some of the HA images so red I begin to wonder what the actual colour of these nebulae actually are.

[benklerk]

Hi Greg and Nick

I don't have a Ha filter yet. A have OSC only. The colour is balanced as i used the reference image from the ESO. https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/eso1003a.jpg

Ben

[gregbradley]

Your OSC is really picking up the Ha then. It must be very sensitive to Ha.

Greg.

[benklerk]

Hi Greg

The QE for my camera for Ha is about 40% so its getting on the low side. But I do live in a low bortal 4 upper 3 area. I have tried to image just Ha areas and it failed to pick up anything. The camera is good a bright DSO objects but fails at the dim ones.

I have attached the QE for you to look out.

QE Curve
We suppose the QE peak value is more than 50%.

https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/wp-content/uploads/ASI071-QE.jpg