Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  B257  ·  B258  ·  NGC 6334  ·  NGC 6357  ·  PK352+00.1  ·  Sh2-11  ·  Sh2-8  ·  the War and Peace Nebula
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NGC 6334  NGC 6357    Cat's Paw and Prawn nebula widefield, Nick Axaris
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NGC 6334 NGC 6357 Cat's Paw and Prawn nebula widefield

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NGC 6334  NGC 6357    Cat's Paw and Prawn nebula widefield, Nick Axaris
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NGC 6334 NGC 6357 Cat's Paw and Prawn nebula widefield

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I had no idea how close together these heavenly bodies are together till I had a look at skysafari Took a bit of fiddling with the asiair pro to centre on both and then to turn the camera to fill them both together.

24 x 600 seconds 294mc Pro

stacked and processed in HOO using Astropixel Processor 1.83beta version which allows for star removal or star reduction.

Skywatcher ed72 and Optolong L-Extreme.

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NGC 6334  NGC 6357    Cat's Paw and Prawn nebula widefield, Nick Axaris

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