NGC 6334 and NGC 6357, The Cat's Paw Nebula in Scorpius

Image Scale: 4.61 arc sec/pixel
Exposure: Hydrogen alpha
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106 @ f/5 (fl=530mm)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 ABG CCD
Mount: Paramount ME on ATS Portable Pier
Location: Arafura Skies Observatory, Howard Springs, Northern Territory on 23 May 2006
Notes: Reduced (dark subtracted), aligned and average combined in CCDSoft. Mosaic of three panes combined in registar. Final levels and curves in Adobe Photoshop CS2.