The War & Peace and Cat’s Paw Nebulae (NGC 6357 & NGC 6334) (Paul Lloyd)

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The War & Peace and Cat’s Paw Nebulae (NGC 6357 & NGC 6334)

The “tail” section of the Scorpion’s asterism in the constellation, Scorpius, lies over the
central bulge of our Milky Way galaxy. Because we are looking at it through the thickness
of the spiral arm(s) between us and our galaxy’s core, we encounter many deep-sky objects,
two of which are shown here. These lie a few degrees West of the scorpion’s “stinger”.

The War and Peace Nebula (NGC 6357), upper left, is a very active star-forming region, with
many very young stars being detected still surrounded by the gas and dust of their
“incubation” site. It lies about 5,900 ly away.

The Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) is an emission nebula that is also an active star-forming
region. It lies about 4,400 ly away. As with many emission nebulae, the pressure of the light
from the young, very hot stars embedded within sculpts the cloud of gas and dust into
fantastic shapes, which in this case resemble an animal’s paw. It is estimated to be 320 ly
across.

Telescope: Canon EF 70-200mm lens + 1.4x extender @ f=165mm
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro, 33 x 300sec, Optolong L-eNhance filter
Bortle 3-4 sky, 90% Moon
Field of View: approx. 3º 05’ x 4º 35’
Image processed and prepared in PixInsight and Photoshop Elements

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RA (center)	17h22m56s.0
RA (top/left)	17h29m17s.9
RA (top/right)	17h14m54s.2
RA (bottom/right)	17h16m12s.8
RA (bottom/left)	17h31m21s.6

Dec (center)	-35°06′06″
Dec (top/left)	-32°49′59″
Dec (top/right)	-33°04′17″
Dec (bottom/right)	-37°20′54″
Dec (bottom/left)	-37°05′57″

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