Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6357  ·  the War and Peace Nebula
War and Peace Nebula - NGC 6357, Eyal
War and Peace Nebula - NGC 6357
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War and Peace Nebula - NGC 6357

War and Peace Nebula - NGC 6357, Eyal
War and Peace Nebula - NGC 6357
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War and Peace Nebula - NGC 6357

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NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark disks of gas, and young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons" or expanding gases surrounding these small stars. It is also known as the Lobster Nebula.

This nebula was also given the name War and Peace Nebula by the Midcourse Space Experiment scientists because of its appearance, which, in infrared images the bright, western part resembles a dove, while the eastern part looks like a skull.

It is located about 5500 light years away from Earth.

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War and Peace Nebula - NGC 6357, Eyal