The Lobster Nebula: A Narrowband Portrait
The intricate shapes of the Lobster Claw Nebula have been sculpted largely by the Wolf-Rayet star WR-157, the largest star in the small cluster at the middle-right of my picture. Red/orange areas are rich in Hydrogen gas while blue colors depict ionized oxygen regions.
I shot six and a half hours of data over three nights to make this picture using a monochrome camera with Sii, Ha and Oiii filters and the Hubble palette for RGB assignments.
The nebula lies on the border between constellations Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the mythological king and queen of Aethiopia and parents of Andromeda.
The Lobster Nebula: A Narrowband Portrait
The intricate shapes of the Lobster Claw Nebula have been sculpted largely by the Wolf-Rayet star WR-157, the largest star in the small cluster at the middle-right of my picture. Red/orange areas are rich in Hydrogen gas while blue colors depict ionized oxygen regions.
I shot six and a half hours of data over three nights to make this picture using a monochrome camera with Sii, Ha and Oiii filters and the Hubble palette for RGB assignments.
The nebula lies on the border between constellations Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the mythological king and queen of Aethiopia and parents of Andromeda.