Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6334
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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.

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