Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6334
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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band, Ian Parr
NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band
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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band

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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band, Ian Parr
NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band
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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band

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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.

It was a lot of fun to process in PixInsight using Normalised Scale Gradient (with Drizzle support), Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch, and Russell Croman's Star Exterminator and Noise Exterminator being the go to tools.

An ok night with a big moon and moderate seeing. 

Weather permitting, I will get a lot more data in this one.

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NGC 6334 The Cat's Paw Nebula in Narrow Band, Ian Parr