Catspaw Nebula - in Scorpius
  • Description: A large emission nebula in Scorpius, located in the deep south part of the sky from southern Alberta! I had to travel to Texas to get this shot. It is a fairly large nebula at 35 x 20 arc minutes, the moon is about 30 arc minutes across for comparison! Also known as NGC6334.

  • Film: Hypered Kodak Tech Pan
  • Scope: Home-made 8" f6 Newtonian
  • Filter: none
  • Exposure: 45 minutes, manually guided.
  • Location: Texas Star Party, Prude Ranch, Texas
  • Date: April 29 1992
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