NGC 6334
id:
ngc-6334-210-1311204
title:
NGC 6334
text:
NGC 6334, colloquially known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, or Gum 64, is an emission nebula and star-forming region located in the constellation Scorpius. NGC 6334 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel in 1837, who observed it from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The nebula is located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, at a distance of approximately 5.5 kilolight-years from the Sun. The nebula is a high mass filamentary cloud structure spanning ~320 ly.
In the visible part of
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Emission nebula in the constellation Scorpius
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6334
date created:
2007-04-06T03:14:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T16:54:56Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q639464","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q639464"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/NGC6334Location.png","width":972,"height":1200}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16