Full Moon!!!...?
Well, in to action go the Astronomik new 6nm narrowband emission line filters!
This strangely over looked but beautiful little planetary nebula NGC 6337 is located within the tail of Scorpius and not far from the much more popular target The Bug Nebula.
Perhaps this neglect is because of her small size as the bright central ring is only about 45" in diameter or about the same apparent size as Jupiter, but the fainter outer halo extends it to about 2'
NGC 6337 sits in an extensive faint but rich field of Hydrogen clouds and I have processed them so as they remain soft and cloud like so as not to detract from the little purple eye and the hero of the scene
The Purple Eye Nebula
To get a handle on her small size
HERE she is sitting in the vast 38' X 30' hydrogen field
Don Goldman has a beaut write up about it
here along with a wonderful shot taken with his 20" CDK at AAO
Mike