NGC 6334 Cats Paw Nebula

[Tamtarn]

Data acquired last month

Details

Canon 40D unmodded
Celestron C9.25 6.3 FR

15 light and 15 dark frames all 7mins ISO800
3 light and 3 dark frames all 8 mins ISO800

Stacked DSS processed PSCS2

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[multiweb (Marc)]

Nice shot. That's a cool object. Seems to be photographed quite a lot.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Fantastic, what a great amount of detail you have captured!

Cheers Petra d.

[Lester]

You have captured the nebulosity very well, and with an unmodded camera.

Well done Barb and David.

[Alchemy (Clive)]

i know its an unmodded camera , but youd reckon it wasnt with the amount of Ha youve got. stunning result.

[Hagar (Doug)]

Great image Guys, The detail and amount of nebulosity captured almost makes it hard to believe the camera is unmodded. Just goes to show what patience, good focus ,plenty of exposure and good processing skills can achieve.

Well done.

[Jen]

very nice pic i like it

[Astrod00d]

That's a great result, smooth and so much detail as well. Amazing from an unmodded DSLR!

Cheers,

Rob

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Nice shot. That's a cool object. Seems to be photographed quite a lot.

Thanks Marc. It's a great object to image and to process

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Fantastic, what a great amount of detail you have captured!
Cheers Petra d.

Thanks for commenting Petra glad you like it

Originally Posted by Lester

You have captured the nebulosity very well, and with an unmodded camera.
Well done Barb and David.

Thanks Lester yep the 40D does a great job

Originally Posted by Alchemy

i know its an unmodded camera , but youd reckon it wasnt with the amount of Ha youve got. stunning result.

Really pleased with the amount of Ha we managed to draw out Clive

Originally Posted by Hagar

Great image Guys, The detail and amount of nebulosity captured almost makes it hard to believe the camera is unmodded. Just goes to show what patience, good focus ,plenty of exposure and good processing skills can achieve.
Well done.

Appreciate the kind words Doug. Yes it's a team effort. David stayed up all night to get the data on this one and M104. He finds using the Bahtinov mask improved our focusing quite a bit and of course the processing is a never ending learning curve

[RB (Andrew)]

Beautiful image Barb and David, always enjoy your work.
It really does look like it's taken by a modded camera, amazing for a stock 40D !!
I really like the Canon 40D's, perfect for both astro and terrestrial, wouldn't mind upgrading to one.

Thanks for sharing, looking forward to more.

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by Jen

very nice pic i like it

Thanks Jen

Originally Posted by Astrod00d

That's a great result, smooth and so much detail as well. Amazing from an unmodded DSLR!
Cheers,
Rob

Thanks Rob. The 40D does a great job

Originally Posted by RB

Beautiful image Barb and David, always enjoy your work.
It really does look like it's taken by a modded camera, amazing for a stock 40D !!
I really like the Canon 40D's, perfect for both astro and terrestrial, wouldn't mind upgrading to one.
Thanks for sharing, looking forward to more.

Appreciate the comments Andrew.

We like the idea of being able to use an off the shelf DSLR and still get the quality in our images. It takes a lot of time in processing to bring out the Ha but it's definately in there to be extracted.

We highly recommend the 40D for astroimaging if you decide to take the plunge

D&B

[jase (Jason)]

Nice work guys. Quite remarkable how much Ha you've picked up. The nebulosity doesn't appear to contain much in the way of highlights. I'm not sure if this is simply processing or the data didn't have anything to begin with. Regardless, certainly an achievement. Well done.

[Ric]

Wonderful imaging guys, this is always a lovely nebula to capture and you have certainly done it justice.

Fine work indeed.

[Tamtarn]

Originally Posted by Ric

Wonderful imaging guys, this is always a lovely nebula to capture and you have certainly done it justice.
Fine work indeed.

Thanks Ric. It was enjoyable to process this one

Originally Posted by jase

Nice work guys. Quite remarkable how much Ha you've picked up. The nebulosity doesn't appear to contain much in the way of highlights. I'm not sure if this is simply processing or the data didn't have anything to begin with. Regardless, certainly an achievement. Well done.

Thanks for pointing out the lack of highlights Jase.

I've tweaked the image and hope it looks a bit better. I will probably try again at some stage and start from scratch processing a little differently to enhance the highlights more.

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Very nice - fills frame very nicely!!
Doug

[Tamtarn]

Thanks for the comment Doug