Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6334
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NGC6334 - Cat Paw Nebula, Ed Dixon
NGC6334 - Cat Paw Nebula
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NGC6334 - Cat Paw Nebula

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NGC6334 - Cat Paw Nebula, Ed Dixon
NGC6334 - Cat Paw Nebula
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NGC6334 - Cat Paw Nebula

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Initial cut at an image of NGC6334, the Cat Paw Nebula, an emission nebula in Scorpius located about 5500 light years away.  Taken as nine two minute exposures, three each for RGB on 5/6/22 about 1:20 AM.  Captured directly (target selected, and exposures set manually for the telescope) at the iTelescope observatory in Siding Spring Observatory in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia using a  Planewave 20" reflector telescope and a FLI PL09000 camera.  Data downloaded from iTelescope and then processed with Pixinsight and Apple edit.

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NGC6334 - Cat Paw Nebula, Ed Dixon