Tag Archive for 'NGC 6334'

This Webb image shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a massive star-forming region located 5,500 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI.

Webb Celebrates Its 3rd Anniversary with Awesome Photo of Cat’s Paw Nebula

Jul 11, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to image a portion of the Cat’s Paw...

This image from Spitzer’s IRAC and MIPS instruments shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Spitzer Observes Cat’s Paw Nebula

Oct 30, 2018 by News Staff

New images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope show the star-forming region NGC 6334, also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula or Bear Claw Nebula. This...

This spectacular image from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope shows the Cat’s Paw Nebula (upper right) and the Lobster Nebula (lower left); these dramatic objects are regions of active star formation where the hot young stars are causing the surrounding hydrogen gas to glow red; the very rich field of view also includes dark clouds of dust; with around two billion pixels this is one of the largest images ever released by ESO. Image credit: ESO.

Spectacular Photo from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope Shows Cat’s Paw and Lobster Nebulae

Feb 1, 2017 by News Staff

A gigantic new image from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) gives a detailed view of the stellar nurseries NGC 6334 and NGC 6357. This spectacular image...

This image shows the Cat's Paw Nebula. Image credit: ArTeMiS team / Ph. André, M. Hennemann, V. Revéret et al / ESO / J. Emerson / VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit.

APEX Zooms in on Cat’s Paw Nebula

Sep 27, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers using ArTeMiS, a new instrument installed on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment – a 12-m diameter telescope in the Atacama Desert, have...