Celestial Cat Meets Cosmic Lobster
ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope has released a gigantic image​ of the Cat’s Paw Nebula and the Lobster Nebula.
With 2 billion pixels it’s one of the largest ever released by ESO.
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The glowing clouds​ are in the constellation of Scorpius, near the tip of its stinging tail.
These are regions of mostly hydrogen gas blasted by the UV light​ from hot newborn stars.
They look like a cat’s paw and a lobster to some astronomers.
What do you see?
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