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Cat's Paw Nebula, Prabhakaran

Cat's Paw Nebula

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Cat's Paw Nebula, Prabhakaran

Cat's Paw Nebula

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NGC 6334, colloquially known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located at a distance of 5,500 light-years in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula is a high mass filamentary cloud structure spanning ~320 ly. Several embedded star-forming regions have been identified from infrared and radio emissions, pictured here is a deep field image of the Cat's Paw Nebula in light emitted by hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.

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Cat's Paw Nebula, Prabhakaran