Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6357  ·  the War and Peace Nebula
NGC6357 Lobster Nebula, EmuHead
NGC6357 Lobster Nebula
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NGC6357 Lobster Nebula

NGC6357 Lobster Nebula, EmuHead
NGC6357 Lobster Nebula
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NGC6357 Lobster Nebula

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Located about ~5,500 light years away from Earth, the Lobster Nebula NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula containing many proto-stars shielded by dark discs of gas, and small young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons" of gas.  This nebula was also given the name War and Peace Nebula by the Midcourse Space Experiment scientists because of its resemblance to a dove and a skull in infrared, athough all I see is a cosmic koala at the helm of a spaceship.

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NGC6357 Lobster Nebula, EmuHead