Bear Claw Nebula
by J-c Cuillandre/canada-france-hawaii Telescope/science Photo Library
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Bear Claw Nebula
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J-c Cuillandre/canada-france-hawaii Telescope/science Photo Library
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Bear Claw Nebula. Optical image of the Bear Claw Nebula (NGC 6334). This is an emission nebula, a cloud of gas and dust that glows as the radiation from hot young stars within it ionises the hydro- gen gas it contains. This is a starbirth region. New stars form as the gas in the nebula coalesces under its own gravity. This nebula is 5500 light years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.
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September 13th, 2018
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