Highlights from VISTA’s infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula
Highlights from the infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) taken by VISTA. NGC 6334 is a vast region of star formation about 5500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius. The whole gas cloud is about 50 light-years across. NGC 6334 is one of the most active nurseries of young massive stars in our galaxy, some nearly ten times the mass of our Sun and most born in the last few million years.
Credit:ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Image
| Id: | eso1017b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 April 2010, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1017 |
| Size: | 3956 x 3959 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 5500 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
