NGC 6334：猫爪星云
(原标题: NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula)
2022-05-10
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星云因其熟悉的形状而闻名，就像猫因惹麻烦而闻名一样。尽管如此，没有任何已知的猫科动物能够创造出朝向天蝎座可见的巨大的猫爪星云。在5500光年远的地方，猫爪是一个红色的发射星云，源于大量的电离氢原子。也被称为熊爪星云，编目为NGC 6334，在过去的几百万年里，那里诞生了质量几乎是太阳十倍的恒星。这是一张由氢、氧和硫发出的猫爪星云的深视场图像。探索你的宇宙：随机APOD生成器
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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. Explore Your Universe: Random APOD Generator
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