IC 4628 - The Prawn Nebula
This is from Telescope Live observation bundle data.
"Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6,000 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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawn_Nebula"South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, irradiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. The electrons eventually recombine with the atoms to produce the visible nebular glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. At an estimated distance of 6,000 light-years, the region shown is about 250 light-years across, spanning over three full moons on the sky. The nebula is also cataloged as Gum 56 for Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum, but seafood-loving astronomers might know this cosmic cloud as the Prawn Nebula."
https://science.nasa.gov/ic-4628-prawn-nebulaDate: June 2021 - October 2022
Location: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Yass, NSW, Australia
Object: IC 4628 - The Prawn Nebula
Camera: FLI PL16083
Telescope: AUS-2/Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6 telescope
Accessories: LRGB 2GEN, Ha (3nm), SII (3nm), OIII (3nm); 50mm square
Mount: Paramount MX+
Subframes: 30X600s Sii, 30X600s Ha, 30X600s Oiii
Total: 15 hours
Temperature: -25C
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