Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6357  ·  the War and Peace Nebula
NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula, Frankie Lim
NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula
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NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula

NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula, Frankie Lim
NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula
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NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula

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NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula. Distance 8000 Light year. This a diffuse nebula 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.

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22x 900s SII 1x1 bin -10c

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NGC 6357 War & Peace Nebula, Frankie Lim