NGC 6357

Name: The "War and peace" or "Lobster" Nebula.

Constellation:Scorpio

Instrument:8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and ASI 2600 MC (gain 100 -20C).

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute and 9 three-minute exposures.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

			AP#76 : NGC 6357
			Name: The "War and peace" or "Lobster" Nebula. Constellation:Scorpio Instrument:8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and ASI 2600 MC (gain 100 -20C). Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute and 9 three-minute exposures. Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html


	Angular size: 50' X 40' This object is a large emission nebula that sort of looks like a lobster. It is sometimes referred to as "the war and peace nebula" because, in infrared, it looks like a dove and a skull. Like NGC 6334 (AP74) it is better to image this one at latitudes below 35 degrees. Go to AP#77 M20 Return to AP100 main page.