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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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Cuillandre, Jean-Charles / Canada-France- Hawaii Telescope |
Taille de l’image : | 2824 px × 3500 px |
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