Bear territory


Ron Brecher

The Bear Claw Nebula — also catalogued as Hartl-Dengl-Weinberger 2 and Sharpless 2–200 — is a planetary nebula in Cassiopeia filled with thin, dense filaments. The imager took 55⅔ hours of Hα/OIII/RGB data with a 14-inch f/11 scope.