Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6334
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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band - An Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish, Ian Parr
NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band - An Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish
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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band - An Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish

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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band - An Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish, Ian Parr
NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band - An Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish
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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band - An Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish

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NGC 6334, known as the Cat's Paw Nebula (or the Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64), is an emission nebula and one of the most active nurseries of massive stars in our galaxy located in the constellation Scorpius and is about 40 arcminutes in size.

Closer examination reveals a lot of dark regions around this object evidenced by how some dark lanes intrude over the bright objects.

I see an Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish but I hear there's a Cat's Paw in there somewhere.

The best 3 hours from 12 hours of exposures over four nights in July.

On my 3rd attempt in Pixinsight where often less is more, I finally got the result I wanted.

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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band - An Eel devouring 3 Gold Fish, Ian Parr