Cat's Paw Nebula

[JimFox]

As I am going through my images from last year and finding all of the ones I skipped over, this is another one I had skipped.

It's the Cat's Paw Nebula, a simple but cool Nebula I think.

SkyGuider Pro - Tracker
Nikon D850 - Not Modified
Tamron 150-600mm @ 500mm
70 Lights @ 60 secs ISO 3200 f6.3
20 Bias Frames
10 Dark Frames
20 Flat Frames
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Processed in Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Ben Egbert]

Too nice to skip over but with that much processing involved I can see why

 

[JimFox]

Too nice to skip over but with that much processing involved I can see why

Thanks Ben! I dont know how I skipped this, but I skipped tons of photos from last year as you know, I typically shoot more photos then I have time to process. I am down to going over the hard drive that has my 1st quarter photos on. So hopefully I can get through those in the next few weeks.

 

[AlanLichty]

Sweet - it really looks like a cat's paw

 

[JimFox]

Sweet - it really looks like a cat's paw

Thanks Alan! It’s a bit faint in the sky, so unless I capture it on a complete New Moon, it gets lost in the background with my current setup.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very nice Jim! I do not have this target as of yet. I like the colors and the wider view. Is this from your JTNP site you like to use?

ML

 

[JimFox]

Very nice Jim! I do not have this target as of yet. I like the colors and the wider view. Is this from your JTNP site you like to use?

ML

Thanks Mike!

This is from Death Valley I believe. Joshua Tree is my favorite place to shoot from, and it's close to home when I am in California. But I have lot's of places I do Deep Space from since I travel with my gear. Tomorrow I plan on doing Deep Space from Arches National Park while also capturing a couple of timelapses.