Das Paw. The great guilty paw print in the sky; except in this case it's not historical evidence of a favourite family pet making its mark on an unsuspecting steak left to thaw on the counter, its predictive evidence of a future explosion of life in the galaxy.
NGC 6334, also known as the Cat's Paw Nebula is located ~ 5,500 light years from Earth in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way (Scorpius). Officially discovered by John Herschel (son of William Herschel), the Great Paw is a beautiful complex of interacting star forming regions.
Narrowband SHO data, now with more RGB stars through an Esprit 120 / 294mm / eq6r setup.
Bout 26h in all.
Higher res version:
https://www.astrobin.com/6ltsvo/