NGC 6334 Cat's Paw nebula

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

This is incredibly hard to process. It wasn't until I went into the James Webb Version that I understood why! It is incredibly contrasted with fine nebulosity and dust around the paw areas - making it hard to get right in processing. Anyway I like this version as it defines the main nebulosity well.

High REs https://astrob.in/jx6do7/0/

And so here is the SHO Version

High Res here

https://astrob.in/ouiu4n/0/

All taken with SVbony 102Ed about 15 hours (L ultimate and Sii Svbony)

[petershah (Peter Shah)]

difficult or not...you've done a great job on it...I love the SHO version

[Nikolas (Nik)]

You did a great job processing it mate I really like the SHO version as well

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

You did a great job processing it mate I really like the SHO version as well

Thanks Nik! I like that version best also

Originally Posted by petershah

difficult or not...you've done a great job on it...I love the SHO version

Thanks Peter the reason it's difficult is the amount of different degrees of dust and nebulosity. Check out the james webb version to see what I mean!

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Well done Paul. I really like the SHO version with the bigger variation in colour

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Very good Paul.

I too like the colour variation of the SHO but the level of detail on the high-res in the first version is exquisite!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

The composition and processing choice makes the red version look almost Biblical Paul, very cool

Mike

[Startrek (Martin)]

Paul,
Beautiful work on a difficult target
Love the detail and colour
Pouring hours into this capture has paid off
Well done !!
Cheers
Martin

[Dave882 (David)]

Great work really nice detail and it was great seeing both versions. I feel both have their merits and reveal so much.

[CoolhandJo (Paul)]

Originally Posted by Geoff45

Well done Paul. I really like the SHO version with the bigger variation in colour

Thanks Geoff - I tried a few variations on mapping but the standard SHO gave the best result for this.

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Very good Paul.

I too like the colour variation of the SHO but the level of detail on the high-res in the first version is exquisite!

Yes I was torn between the detail in the Duo band and the contrast in the tri band so posted both LOL

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

The composition and processing choice makes the red version look almost Biblical Paul, very cool

Mike

LOL! thanks Mike the "emergence" of the cat's Paw out of the darkness does point to that!

Originally Posted by Startrek

Paul,
Beautiful work on a difficult target
Love the detail and colour
Pouring hours into this capture has paid off
Well done !!
Cheers
Martin

Yep Martin Thanks. the whole set up left outside for night on end all night long and thank God no clouds or moon! Went through one cooling fan failure on the Camera though!

Originally Posted by Dave882

Great work really nice detail and it was great seeing both versions. I feel both have their merits and reveal so much.

Thanks Dave