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NASA’s Webb Scratches Beyond Surface of Cat’s Paw for 3rd Anniversary https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-scratches-beyond-surface-of-cats-paw-for-3rd-anniversary/ #NASA #Astrophysics #EmissionNebulae #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #JamesWebbSpaceTelescopeJWST #Nebulae #ScienceResearch #StarFormingNebulae #Stars #TheUniverse

$A section of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a local star-forming region composed of gas, dust, and young stars. Four roughly circular areas are toward the center of the frame: a small oval toward the top left, a large circle in the top center, and two ovals at bottom left and right. Each circular area has a luminous blue glow, with the top center and bottom left areas the brightest. Brown-orange filaments of dust, which vary in density, surround these four bluish patches and stretch toward the frame’s edges. Small zones, such as to the left and right of the top-center blue circular area, appear darker and seemingly vacant of stars. Toward the center are small, fiery red clumps scattered among the brown dust. Many small, yellow-white stars are spread across the scene, some with eight-pointed diffraction spikes that are characteristic of Webb. A few larger blue-white stars with diffraction spikes are scattered throughout, mostly toward the top left and bottom right. In the top right corner is a bright red-orange oval.$

NASA Science · Jul 10NASA’s Webb Scratches Beyond Surface of Cat’s Paw for 3rd AnniversaryBy NASA Webb Mission Team

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