NGC 6334, colloquially known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius.

[4] NGC 6334 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837, who observed it from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

[5] The nebula is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way,[6] at a distance of approximately 5.5 kilolight-years from the Sun.

[7] The nebula is a high mass filamentary cloud structure spanning ~320 ly.

[8] Several embedded star-forming regions have been identified from infrared and radio emissions.