﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. Explore Your Universe: [20]Random APOD Generator Tomorrow's picture: more cats in space __________________________________________________________________ [21]< | [22]Archive | [23]Submissions | [24]Index | [25]Search | [26]Calendar | [27]RSS | [28]Education | [29]About APOD | [30]Discuss | [31]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [32]Robert Nemiroff ([33]MTU) & [34]Jerry Bonnell ([35]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [36]Specific rights apply. [37]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [38]ASD at [39]NASA / [40]GSFC & [41]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 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 18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0zgQAp7EYw 19. https://astrobackyard.com/narrowband-imaging/ 20. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/random_apod.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220509.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 30. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220510 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220511.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 34. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 35. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 36. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 37. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 38. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 41. http://www.mtu.edu/