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The Prawn Nebula

This is a true/natural color image of the Prawn Nebula, IC 4628. Rarely imaged by amateur astronomers.

IC 4628 is an emission nebula located the constellation Scorpius and close to the Milky Way in the sky, and is around 6000 light-years from Earth.

 

This image was taken with a full spectrum modded DSLR through a 80mm refractor for a total exposure of 133.5 minutes.

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Uploaded on July 5, 2018
Taken on July 5, 2018