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.
约翰·莫特森的猫从空隙处慢慢走了过来。它懒洋洋地跳到平台上，端然而坐，用前掌淡定地擦了擦它深红色的鼻口，然后高贵地从房间走开。
From the opening crawled John Mortonson's cat, which lazily leapt to the floor, sat up, tranquilly wiped its crimson muzzle with a forepaw, then walked with dignity from the room.
任天堂近日公布了最新的掌机3ds，《超级马里奥兄弟》的创作者宫本茂正在为新系统的下一代虚拟宠物《任天狗+猫》而努力工作着。
Nintendo recently unveiled its 3ds handheld, and Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto is hard at work on the next evolution of virtual pets, Nintendogs + Cats, for the system.
我很赞美这新奇的哺乳类动物，圆突的头，上面有短短的耳朵，圆圆的眼睛，像猫须一般的白色瓮须，掌形带甲的脚，团簇的尾巴。
I was full of wonderment at this unusual mammal, with its circular head adorned by short ears, its round eyes, its white whiskers like those on a cat, its webbed and clawed feet, its bushy tail.
我很赞美这新奇的哺乳类动物，圆突的头，上面有短短的耳朵，圆圆的眼睛，像猫须一般的白色瓮须，掌形带甲的脚，团簇的尾巴。
I was full of wonderment at this unusual mammal, with its circular head adorned by short ears, its round eyes, its white whiskers like those on a cat, its webbed and clawed feet, its bushy tail.
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