Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4628  ·  NGC 6231  ·  NGC 6242
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The Prawn Nebula, IC4628
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The Prawn Nebula, IC4628

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The Prawn Nebula, IC4628

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Prawn Nebula, IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. It forms part of the tail of the "False Comet" anchored by the bright open cluster NGC 6231.

This image consists of 57x90s subs, taken with a Nikon D5300 (unmodified), from my backyard observatory. The scope is a TS 71SDQ Quad APO at f6. Processing wasa via DSS and Photoshop CC, with Darks and Bias.

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The Prawn Nebula, IC4628, glend