Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  22 Sco  ·  IC 4605  ·  The star i Sco
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Reflection nebula IC 4605 and blue star i Sco in Scorpius in RGB, Ian Parr
Reflection nebula IC 4605 and blue star i Sco in Scorpius in RGB
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Reflection nebula IC 4605 and blue star i Sco in Scorpius in RGB

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Reflection nebula IC 4605 and blue star i Sco in Scorpius in RGB, Ian Parr
Reflection nebula IC 4605 and blue star i Sco in Scorpius in RGB
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Reflection nebula IC 4605 and blue star i Sco in Scorpius in RGB

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IC 4605 is a reflection nebula around 412 light years away embedded in a HII region with a 4.75 magnitude Blue (B3V) star in Scorpius lighting up the gas.
There is a lot of extinction from the HIII which pushs the background stars into the red.
Local Histogram Equalisation in Pixinsight helps lift the HIII regions  nicely.

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Reflection nebula IC 4605 and blue star i Sco in Scorpius in RGB, Ian Parr