All cat lovers are intimate withtoe bean , the little jellies that adorn the bottom your pelt child ’s paw . If you , like me , love kitties and space — ideallykitties in space — you’re guaranteed to geek out over thelatest imagefrom the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) , which captures the Cat ’s Paw Nebula like never before . Those astronomical toe beans are patent !
The image also establish the Lobster Nebula ( lower left ) , located in the constellation of Scorpius , like the Cat ’s Paw ( upper right wing ) . While it ’s not as cuddly as its cosmic neighbour , the Lobster Nebula certainly hold out up to its namesake with its unequaled shape . The lobster ’s “ claw ” and the CT ’s “ paw ” are active star - forming regions , where stellar birth and fusion produces Brobdingnagian clouds of H flatulence , mixed with other elements like helium , carbon , and O .
The darker areas that can be seen in the picture are mostly cosmic dust , mixed with mote like atomic number 6 monoxide .
Here ’s the incredible image in full :
Though the nebulae have been photographed before , the new image — deal by the 256 - megapixelOmegaCAMcamera at the ESO’sVery Large Telescopein Chile — is the most elaborate ever .
“ These objects have been photographed a great deal already , but this unexampled picture from the VLT Survey Telescope is both very sharp , because of the good weather condition at Paranal in Chile and the good image timber of the telescope , ” Richard Hook , public info ship’s officer at the ESO , narrate Gizmodo . “ It was also taken using a special filter that bring out the light glow of the H gaseous state , which appears red here . So it is likely the best position of the two nebula together that we have . ”
While it ’s enticing for cat partizan — and lobster fans — to require to jet off to these nebulae , please note that they ’re 5,500 and 8,000 lightyears away , severally . Just enjoy the kitty ( and lobsters ) here on Earth .
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