Cat's Paw Nebula

At a glance

Type

Supernova remnant

Constellation

Sco

Right ascension

17h 20m 49.7s

Declination

−36° 06′

Angular size

8.4x6.7′

Catalogue

NGC6334

Located in Scorpius.

The outline on your card

A cluster of bright ionised knots set in dark dust, like the pads of a paw.

Outline class

Patchy

Axis ratio

0.80 : 1

Central source

Embedded cluster

Surface brightness

Medium

Recorded structure

Embedded stars · Dark lane · Knots · Rifts

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