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Prawn Nebula, Joon Ren
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Prawn Nebula

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Right at the scene are an association of star clusters and nebulae. Together, they form Scorpius's Comet starting from the two large stars ζ1 + ζ2 Scorpii going through star cluster C76 and eventually fanning out following a stream of stars into emission nebula IC 4628 which also holds star cluster Trumpler 24.

It is possible to view IC4628 through a visual telescope either with a dark sky or narrowband filters. C76 is IMO one of the prettiest clusters visible near the Milky Way plane and also one of the easiest to find being located near one of Scorpius's constellation stars along its body. Its one of the main reasons why I went after this target.

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