NGC 6334, The Cat’s Paw Nebula

This image of emission nebula NGC6334 (the Cat’s Paw Nebula), a star-forming region in the constellation Scorpius, was taken in 2007 using the Mosaic-2 imager on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The colors of the nebula are reddened by intervening dust in the plane of the Milky Way galaxy. The image was taken as part of a continuing campaign of public-release images using both NOAO 4-meter telescopes.

Credit:

T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

About the Image

Id:noao-ngc6334
Type:Observation
Release date:June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m.
Size:4038 x 3976 px

About the Object

Name:Cat’s Paw Nebula, NGC 6334
Constellation:Scorpius
Category:Nebulae

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Coordinates

Position (RA):17 19 59.55
Position (Dec):-35° 51' 40.24"
Field of view:35.86 x 35.55 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.5° left of vertical


Colors & filters

BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
Olll
502 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Mosaic II
Optical
Sll
673 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Mosaic II
Optical
Ha
657 nmVíctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Mosaic II