Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  Bug Nebula  ·  NGC 6302
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NGC 6302– The Bug Nebula, Shannon Calvert
NGC 6302– The Bug Nebula
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NGC 6302– The Bug Nebula

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NGC 6302– The Bug Nebula, Shannon Calvert
NGC 6302– The Bug Nebula
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NGC 6302– The Bug Nebula

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I rarely get a chance to shoot objects near the southern horizon, so when I saw the tail of Scorpius at Frosty Drew Observatory, I aimed low. The result was a soft image of a tiny planetary nebula with lots of chromatic aberration, but I got it! The Bug Nebula's central white dwarf is one of the hottest known stars, with a temperature over 250,000˚C.

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NGC 6302– The Bug Nebula, Shannon Calvert