NGC 6334

This 3x3 mosaic of images from the 60cm Planewave CDK24 telescope in Chile shows NGC 6334 also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula.

The Cat’s Paw Nebula lies near the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. It is one of the most active nurseries of massive stars in our galaxy; the nebula hides new stars that are each nearly 10 times the mass of our Sun and only a few million years old. There are also many new ‘baby’ stars, deep within the dust. The Nebula could contain several tens of thousands of stars.

Total integrations was:

14 hours H-alpha

16.7 hours SII

20.8 hours OIII