Cats Paw and Lobster region

Cats Paw and Lobster region
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Cats Paw and Lobster region

NGC 6334, colloqually known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius. It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837, who observed it from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The nebula is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, at a distance of approximately 5.5 kilolight-years from the Sun.The nebula is a high mass filamentary cloud structure spanning ~320 ly. Several embedded star-forming regions have been identified from infrared and radio emissions. Four of these sites have formed H II regions.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
Aus-2
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Australia
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
multiple nights in July
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
SHO
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
Pixinsight, Photoshop
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
one clicks
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