猫掌星云总计包含上万颗恒星。
In total, the Cat's Paw Nebula could contain several tens of thousands of stars.
不过，还没有哪只猫能够创造出天蝎座内巨大的猫掌星云。
Still, no known cat could have created the vast cat's Paw Nebula visible in Scorpius.
本视频从银河系全景开始，放大到银河系核心附近的恒星诞生区——猫掌星云。
This video zooms in on the star-forming region known as the Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), which is located not far from the centre of our Milky Way.
猫掌星云距离我们5,500光年，是一个发射星云，而那红光是大量被电离了的氢原子发出的。
At 5,500 light years distant, Cat's Paw is an emission nebula with a red color that originates from an abundance of ionized hydrogen atoms.
上面这张猫掌星云末端的影像是由美国亚利桑那州基特峰国家天文台上的4米口径马亚望远镜拍摄的。
Pictured above, the end of the Cat's Paw nebula was imaged from Mayall 4-meter Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA.
从影像左方开始往右，分别可以找到潟湖星云、三裂星云、猫掌星云、烟斗星云以及色彩缤纷的心宿增四星和心宿二。
Starting on the left, look for the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae, the Cat's Paw, the Pipe dark nebula, and the colorful clouds of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares (right).
猫掌星云看起来就像一个巨大的爪印，它是恒星形成区域，近几百万年间在猫掌星云里诞生的恒星具有近10个太阳的质量。
Resembling a huge paw print, the Cat's paw Nebula is a star-formation region, with stars of close to 10 solar masses produced there in the past several million years.
猫掌星云看起来就像一个巨大的爪印，它是恒星形成区域，近几百万年间在猫掌星云里诞生的恒星具有近10个太阳的质量。
Resembling a huge paw print, the Cat's paw Nebula is a star-formation region, with stars of close to 10 solar masses produced there in the past several million years.
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