Cat's Paw Nebula (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Cat's Paw Nebula (1 of 2)

Caption

NGC 6334, also known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, comes alive in this infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope. NGC 6334 is forming stars so rapidly that it is undergoing a "mini-starburst." Young stars are heating surrounding dust, causing it to glow. In this representative-color photo red shows light at a wavelength of 8 microns, green is 4.5 microns, and blue is 3.6 microns.

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S. Willis (CfA); NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC

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