The cat's pajamas or totally pawesome? Either way, here's the Cat's Paw Nebula 🐾😻 Our Spitzer Space Telescope captured the image of this nebula so named for the large, round features that resemble a feline footprint. Bright red bubbles and green clouds are highlighted using data from two of Spitzer's instruments. Spitzer was an infrared telescope, and infrared light is useful to astronomers because it can penetrate thick clouds of gas and dust better than optical light (the kind visible to the human eye). This nebula is a star-forming region located in the Milky Way galaxy, about 4,200 to about 5,500 light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA, NASAJPL/CalTech #NASA #CatsPawNebula #Stars #MilkyWay #SpitzerTelescope #Astronomy #Galaxy #Nebula #Cosmos #CatsOfInstagram