Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4628  ·  NGC 6242
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IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula in SHO, Stuart Markus
IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula in SHO
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IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula in SHO

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IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula in SHO, Stuart Markus
IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula in SHO
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IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula in SHO

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IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula
Located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way (we are in the Orion Arm), around 6,000 light-years from Earth, seen in the constellation Scorpius.
I kinda regret not rotating the camera about 45 deg clockwise to get the traditional angle on this one.
Hubble pallette (SHO) S to Crimson, H to Yellow / Gold, O to Blue

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IC4628 - The Prawn Nebula in SHO, Stuart Markus