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                                 2022 May 10
    [2]The featured image shows the Cat's Paw Nebula, an emission nebula
      cataloged as NGC 6634. The nebula is shown in assigned scientific
   colors similar to the famous Hubble palette. Please see the explanation
                       for more detailed information.

                       NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula
    Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Stefan Steve Bemmerl & Team Wolfatorium
                               (Hakos/Namibia)

   Explanation: Nebulas are perhaps as famous for being identified with
   familiar shapes as perhaps [4]cats are for getting into [5]trouble.
   Still, no known cat could have created the vast [6]Cat's Paw Nebula
   [7]visible toward the constellation of the Scorpion ([8]Scorpius. At
   5,500 [9]light years distant, Cat's [10]Paw is an [11]emission nebula
   with a red color that originates from an abundance of [12]ionized
   [13]hydrogen atoms. Alternatively known as the [14]Bear Claw Nebula and
   cataloged as [15]NGC 6334, stars nearly ten times the mass of our
   [16]Sun have been born there in only the past few million years.
   [17]Pictured here is a deep field image of the [18]Cat's Paw Nebula in
   light emitted by [19]hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.

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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2205/CatsPaw_Bemmerl_4412.jpg
   3. https://astrofotografie-steve.de/ueber-mich/
   4. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/cat-tales/
   5. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1RxV7LEt7oY/Uzhk_V5RR7I/AAAAAAAAAOw/4FF6ICSxbmI/s1600/cat+tp.jpeg
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6334
   7. https://youtu.be/ni5LdzvLY7o
   8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpius
   9. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/
  10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw
  11. http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/E/Emission+Nebula
  12. https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ionization-image.jpg
  13. http://periodic.lanl.gov/1.shtml
  14. https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/bear-paw-print-black-preserved-dried-cracked-mud-surface-83711648.jpg
  15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6334
  16. https://www.nasa.gov/sun
  17. https://astrofotografie-steve.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NGC6334-Cat´s-Paw-Nebula_Steve-scaled.jpg
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