Cats Paw over Sydney

[Ross G]

Hello,

A clear night again in Sydney last night!

I pointed the 135mm lens with Ha filter to the Cats Paw Nebula.

Canon modded 350d.
20 x 10min exposures.
No darks or ICNR.
Olympus F2.8 135mm lens set at F4.

What do you think?


Thanks for looking.


Ross.

[Ross G]

Sorry!

Need to get some sleep

I forgot to attach the photo!

Here it is.

Thanks.

[Paul Haese]

Except that is not the cats paw. That is the Lagoon, trifid and NGC6559. Looks pretty reasonable though.

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Except that is not the cats paw. That is the Lagoon, trifid and NGC6559. Looks pretty reasonable though.

lol bit of latitude there Paul - it could be the cats hind leg

i am sure there must be another one

[Ross G]

Ha Ha....

Sorry guys.

It really was a bad night! (..shouldn't drink and image!..)

The Cats paw was my prevoius image.

The title should be "Lagoon over Sydney". Is there any way I can change the title?

Sorry for the confudsion.


Ross.

[Ross G]

Paul and David, thanks for your kind comments.

The Trifid has always looked like a cats face (..or the other end!..), maybe that's what confused me!!...............


Thanks.

Ross.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Awesome mate

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Where is the cat's paw?
I can't find a ref for it.

[Ross G]

Thanks Paul.
Glad you like it.


Ross.

[Ross G]

Hi Jennifer,

The Cats Paw Nebula is near the tail of Scorpius.

It's NGC number is 6334.

Unfortunately Mr "Blind as a Bat" mixed up his files and titles.
What I have attached is a Ha photo of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas over Sydney.

Here is a photo of the Cats Paw Nebula.


Thanks.

Ross.

[gregbradley]

Nice and sharp and lots of surrounding space. Very nice.

Greg.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Good stuff Ross. The lagoon's nice too

[Ross G]

Thanks Greg, thanks Marc.

Using the Ha filter with my DSLR lenses has opened up a whole new area of imaging opportunities for me.
No longer do I have to wait to get away to Wiruna or Coonabarabran every couple of months. I can now set my mount up in the back yard and practice whenever I can. Although the images are only in B&W, they look ok to me and I also get to learn where all the less common objects are.


Ross.

[ving (David)]

nice going on the cats lagoon :p

goo images mate.

[atalas]

Nice work for a blind man Ross!

[beren]

Top work Ross, Ha gives a good effect

[Hagar (Doug)]

You need to train the Labrador better Ross. It's taken you to the wrong bit of sky Mate.

As a lagoon and Trifid it's not to bad. The bit hanging off the bottom of Lagoon does look a bit like a paw (NGC 6559).
Sorry for the sarcasm.

[John Hothersall]

Very revealing widefield Ross, good to see widefield context.

John.

[Ross G]

Thanks David.
The Trifid looks like a cat so maybe the "cat's puddle".

Louie, I could have typed with my eyes shut and made less mistakes when I started this post. Thank you.

Thanks John and Beren. A wide SLR lens with a Ha filter is fun and easy. Although my processing is very basic, I like the B&W look and as I said before, no need to go to a dark site or wait for the moon to go.

Thanks Doug. Don't worry, I deserve the jokes and sarcasm. Lucky I wasn't doing my internet banking that night!
My wife is still laughing!

Cheers.

Ross.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Now that looks better Ross. Cats paw and the Lobster. The Ha is great fun isn't it. You get a good image with detail to burn. Once you get the size up a bit you can have some real fun extracting so much detail you won't believe it. It is a great medium for city dwellers and does teach you a lot about processing, sharpening and contrast.

Nice work Mate.