NGC 6334 and 6357 are located
near the tip of the tail in Scorpius. NGC 6334 resembles a paw print, hence its common
name of the Cat's Paw Nebula.
Instrument: Vixen
102-ED/TS Optics field flattener/STL-11000M/Astrodon LRGB filters/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposures: RRGB: R 11 x 20 minutes: G 12 x 5 minutes: B 12 x 5
minutes: GB binned 2x2
Date: May 29 and June 4, 2011
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual exposures were dithered using CCDAutoPilot2
and sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0. Reduce Noise and Gaussian
Blur were applied to the RGB image