by APOD Robot » Wed Jun 18, 2014 4:10 am
NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula
Explanation: Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with familiar shapes as perhaps
cats are for getting into
trouble. Still, no known cat could have created the vast
Cat's Paw Nebula visible in
Scorpius. At 5,500 light years distant, Cat's
Paw is an
emission nebula with a red color that originates from an abundance of ionized
hydrogen atoms. Alternatively known as the
Bear Claw Nebula or
NGC 6334, stars nearly ten times the mass of our
Sun have been born
there in only the past few million years.
Pictured above is a deep field image of the
Cat's Paw nebula.
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[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140618.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_140618.jpg[/img] [size=150]NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula[/size][/url]
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