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Revisiting a cosmic cat's paw

R. Gendler / R.M. Hannahoe / ESOThe Cat's Paw Nebula is revisited in a combination of exposures from the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope and amateur astronomers Robert Gendler and Ryan M. Hannahoe.By Alan BoyleThe pawprint of a cosmic cat comes into sharper focus in this week's featured picture from the European Southern Observatory. This image of the Cat's Paw Nebula, released on Monday, combines data from the 2.2-meter MPG/ESO telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile with 60 hours of exposures from a 400mm telescope manned by expert amateur astronomers...

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Published By: Cosmic Log - Friday, 13 July, 2012


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