The photo for the week of March 4, 2008 is NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula. The nebula is named for the shape that the gas clouds and dust have taken in the form of a cat's paw. This particular nebula can be seen in the constellation of Scorpius. This emission that contains a vast amount of ionized hydrogen atoms is located 5,500 light years from Earth. The Cat's Paw is also commonly known as the Bear Paw nebula where star formation had been going on for millions of years which has produced stars that are 10x the mass of the Sun.
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