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The Prawn Nebula in Narrowband

This is a Narrowband (AKA SHO or Hubble palette) 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 time of 1160 minutes through SII, HAlpha and OIII filters.

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Uploaded on October 27, 2018
Taken on July 18, 2018