"Cat's Paw" NebulaNGC6334 in Scorpius
This photography was taken at San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the 3-24-2017.
The total integration time was 2hs 30 min.
The used equipment setup: Newton GSO 200 F4 with GPU Comma Corrector, Canon 600D/T3i modified and refrigerated (sensor measured and regulated temperature 0°C), Astronomik CLS CCD filter, SkyWatcher NEQ6 mount, and homemade electronic focuser and anti-dew systems.
Technical data
| Acquisition site | San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Acquisition date | 3-24-2017 |
| Instrument | Newton GSO F4 200 with GPU coma corrector. |
| Mount | Sky-Watcher NEQ6, managed by EQmod |
| Guide | Off-Axis, with Lodestar camera |
| Camera | Modified Canon 600D/T3i No IR Filter (Full Spectrum mod, using Astronomik MC Clear) Refrigerated (regulated temperature) |
| Camera sensor temperature | 0°C (on-sensor measured and regulated) |
| Filter | Astronomik Clip CLS CCD |
| Integration | 30 subframes @ ISO 800, 5 minutes each (total integration time: 2 hours 30 minutes) |
| Calibration | 49 flats, 400 bias, 84 darks. |
| Resolution | 1.1 arcsec/pixel 787 mm actual focal, 4.2 um x 4.2 um pixels |
| Native size (each tile) | 5202 x 3465 pixels |
| Cropped size | 5139 x 3399 pixels |
| FOV | 1°34’ x 1° 2' |
| Image center coordinates | RA: 17h 19 min 16 sec Dec: -35° 56' 28" Rotation: 138° |
| Process | PixInsight 1.8 |