by APOD Robot » Tue May 10, 2022 4:05 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 toward the constellation of the Scorpion (
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 and cataloged as
NGC 6334, stars nearly ten times the mass of our
Sun have been born there in only the past few million years.
Pictured here is a deep field image of the
Cat's Paw Nebula in light emitted by
hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220510.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_220510.jpg[/img] [size=150]NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula[/size][/url]
[b] Explanation: [/b] Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with familiar shapes as perhaps [url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/cat-tales/]cats[/url] are for getting into [url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1RxV7LEt7oY/Uzhk_V5RR7I/AAAAAAAAAOw/4FF6ICSxbmI/s1600/cat+tp.jpeg]trouble[/url]. Still, no known cat could have created the vast [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6334]Cat's Paw[/url] Nebula [url=https://youtu.be/ni5LdzvLY7o]visible toward[/url] the constellation of the Scorpion ([url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpius]Scorpius[/url]. At 5,500 [url=https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/]light years[/url] distant, Cat's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw]Paw[/url] is an [url=http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/E/Emission+Nebula]emission nebula[/url] with a red color that originates from an abundance of [url=https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ionization-image.jpg]ionized[/url] [url=http://periodic.lanl.gov/1.shtml]hydrogen[/url] atoms. Alternatively known as the [url=https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/bear-paw-print-black-preserved-dried-cracked-mud-surface-83711648.jpg]Bear Claw[/url] Nebula and cataloged as [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6334]NGC 6334[/url], stars nearly ten times the mass of our [url=https://www.nasa.gov/sun]Sun[/url] have been born there in only the past few million years. [url=https://astrofotografie-steve.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NGC6334-Cat%C2%B4s-Paw-Nebula_Steve-scaled.jpg]Pictured here[/url] is a deep field image of the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0zgQAp7EYw]Cat's Paw[/url] Nebula in light emitted by [url=https://astrobackyard.com/narrowband-imaging/]hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur[/url].
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