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Astro Dinsk
28 Sept 2021
Prawn Nebula - IC 4628
Prawn Nebula is (Gum 56, IC 4628) is an emission nebula in the constellation Scorpio. It is an active star forming region.
Located 6,000 light years from Earth, it is a vast region of space filled with gas and dark dust clouds from which bright hot stars are born.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 4628
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