Cat's Paw print in the Scorpius constellation

The distinctive-looking Cat's Paw Nebula, also known as the Bear Claw Nebula and cataloged as NGC 6334, is located in the constellation Scorpius. ESO's 3.6-meter Telescope at the La Silla observatory in Chile gathered the light for this image in 1986.

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Over de afbeelding

Id:ngc6334
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:3 december 2009 23:22
Grootte:5315 x 5485 px

Over het object

Naam:Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Afstand:5500 lichtjaren
Categorie:Nebulae

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