Wallpaper author:
Jonathan Lodge
24 Dec 2022
Prawn Nebula IC4628
The Prawn Nebula, also known as IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. It forms part of the tail of the "False Comet" anchored by the bright open cluster NGC 6231 (central, towards the bottom of the image).
2 firsts in this image, using a 'full spectrum' colour palette with thanks to John Ebersole for the help and also my first image using the excellent BlurXTerminator.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 4628
10 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 254.2278 Dec -40.51235
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................19 Jun 2021 - 22 May 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| OIII | 600 | 5h | 30 |
| SII | 600 | 5h | 30 |