NGC 6334, colloquially known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius.
NGC 6334 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837, who observed it from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
The nebula is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, at a distance of approximately 5.5 kilolight-years from the Sun.

The nebula is a high mass filamentary cloud structure spanning ~320 ly. In the visisble part of the spectrum, it emits meinly in red (from hydrogen atoms) and blue (from oxygen atoms).
Several embedded star-forming regions have been identified from infrared and radio emissions. (WIKI)

This image is false colored!
The narrowband filters of Hydrogen,Oxygen and Sulfur were used to reveal it's inner structure in a method called 'Hubble color mapping'.
RGB data was also used but only to color the stars.


S2-Ha-O3 mapped as R-G-B
Ha - 4 HRS bin 1
S2,O3 - 2 Hrs each at bin 2

RGB data - 10 minutes per frame.

ASA 16" F3.5 telescope

Imaged from Tivoli farm Namibia