Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4628
IC4628 (Prawn Nebula), Dean Carr
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IC4628 (Prawn Nebula)

IC4628 (Prawn Nebula), Dean Carr
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IC4628 (Prawn Nebula)

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IC 4628, also known as the Prawn Nebula because of it shape, is an emission nebula approximately 6000 light-years from Earth and can be seen in the constellation of Scorpius.

This image was processed in PixInsight using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) palette (Red = SII, Green = Ha, Blue = OIII), with a synthetic luminance blended from all three colour components.

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IC4628 (Prawn Nebula), Dean Carr