IC 4628 The Prawn Nebula

IC 4628, also known as Gum 56 and The Prawn Nebula, is an emission nebula about 6,000 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. I took this image under a full moon and it is one of my first images with the AT12IN Scope.

Image Details
Camera STL-11000M
Scope AT12 IN
Mount Paramount ME
Guiding Selfguide, 10 sec, Bin 2x2
Exposure 7 x 20 min Ha Total 2:20
Location Donvale
Date 2011-07-15
Coordinates RA: 16h 57m 01s
DEC: -40° 20' 34"
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IC 4628 The Prawn Nebula

Annotations generated from the plate solve · OpenNGC · Sharpless · RCW · LBN · HYG