Panning Across the Cat’s Paw Nebula

This pan across VISTA’s infrared view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) gives a closer look at many of the details of the nebula, including some of the young, hot stars in a phase of enthusiastic nuclear fusion, without dust to obscure the view. Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit