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NGC6357

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NGC6357

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NGC6357 is also known as the Lobster Nebula and also as the War and Peace Nebula. Personally, I think it looks more like the phoenix rising up from the ashes. The bright blue core houses open star cluster Pismis 24, home to these tremendously bright and blue stars. NGC6357 lies in the constellation of Scorpius near the tip of the scorpion's tail. Quite low on the southern horizon, it was a challenge gathering this data as it barely rises 20 degrees above the southern horizon.

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