The Cat's Paw Nebula is located among the dense star fields of the southern constellation Scorpius. Being about 5,000 light years distant, in the direction towards our galaxy's crowded central region, it appears visibly reddened by large amounts of interstellar dust that lie between us and the glowing cloud. This gives it a much warmer deep red hue than most other emission nebulae. Some other nebulae which are similarly obscured are the gigantic NGC 3603 in Carina, as well as NGC 6357 (The Lobster Nebula), also in Scorpius.
The Cat's Paw Nebula contains up to 200,000 solar masses of material and is currently undergoing a starburst; producing new stars at a very high rate. These newborn stars are the ones that light up the nebula and cause it to glow with the prominent red colour of hydrogen emission. The starburst activity will likely not last more than a few million years, after which a number of large star clusters will have emerged and replaced the once glowing gas.
The nebula was first noticed by John Herschel in 1837 and its name refers to the distinct likeness with a giant feline paw print, particularly when viewed in wide field images.
It is some 50 light years wide and covers an area in our sky equal to that of the full Moon.
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Date: 29th, 30th April and 26th, 27th, 31st May and 3rd, 22nd June and 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd July 2014
Exposure: LRGB: 600:170:200:180 mins, total 19 hours 10 mins @ -25C
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NGC 6334 - The Cat's Paw Nebula - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/puJ3EF
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Thankfully I could tell straight away something wasn’t right! It sucks how pervasive it is and I really hope it gets resolved for you soon!
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Handsome Jack for @/GermanODST17 on twt!
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I just came here because I also got a message from your account this morning :( I am so sorry
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Batman and Robin by Dan Mora (Batman & Robin: Year One #10)
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behold, handsome jack with his cock(s) out
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Angel, my beloved #angelthesiren #borderlands I think she’s probably covered in scars, from injection sites to augmented surgery, she’s probably always cold and tired (the eridium pumping through would probably feel lava hot, an icy burn keeping her afloat)
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*jingling keys* oooh handsome jack *jingling keys* oh wow borderlands *jingling keys*
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Lying to the vault hunters comes easy to her, she’ll do whatever Jack asks. She fantasizes about being one of them. She feels bad for what they’ve done together, but she can’t imagine life any other way
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She used to have a team of child caretakers, Nanny’s, a pediatrician all sworn to secrecy— but overtime Jack stopped trusting everyone, only bots, himself, or Tim could interact with her. It was all very strict & monitored. She yearns for freedom, but it scares her too
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she suffers from nightmares & PTSD related to the death of her mother, feeling responsible & having not grieved properly, feeling abandoned by her father. She hates Handsome Jack, but she craves his connection all the same. He sends Tim in his place to see her a lot of the time
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Angel, my beloved
in my mind she is constantly feeling the affects of eridium poisoning. She cannot digest food, she has a port for easy vein access, she has severe chronic pain & her bed is a hospital bed. She wishes she had fairy lights, but she has the glow of her eridium tank
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Hatred sadly runs this country
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What’s weird is she asked that question after we had already disclosed our medical disability status, but I think they just HAVE to ask that now. She also asked me if I was a US citizen, and secondly asked me if I was “born here”
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So I just had an EBT phone application interview. I have been on these benefits several times I’ve gone through the process etc etc. they asked me if I wanted to join the fucking military today 😀 NEVER asked that during a SNAP interview before. I said nooooo thank you lol
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We’re very proud of you and we hope the future holds progress 🩵
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Ain’t nothing like your toxic family to push you right back into your toxic partners arms
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Good luck!!!! I have a few that need to come out I just can’t afford x_x I hope it goes as smoothly as possible and you get lots of rest after
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