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Byron Davies

M-52, NGC-7635, SH2-157, SH2-158, SH2-159, SH2-161, NGC-7510

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The Cat's Paw image

The Cat's Paw


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Description

NGC6334, aka the Cat’s Paw nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Scorpius at a distance of 5,500 light-years. Massive stars which formed in the bright regions of the nebula are hundreds of times the size of our Sun.