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| Catalogue and alternative designations | IC 4628, Prawn nebula |
| Type | Emission Nebula |
| Position | 16 56 55, -44 30 44 |
| Constellation | Scorpius |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL6303 and F9 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | HaLRGB image with Hydrogen Alpha = 300 minutes, Red = Green = Blue = 50 minutes with all binned 1x1. Astrodon and Chroma filters. Synthetic luminance was used. |
| Description | Visually,
this is a fairly large but faint
nebula in the tail of Scorpius.
It's 90' in diameter and about
6000 light years distant. IC
4628 is often known as the Prawn
nebula but you need a wide field
to see the prawn shape. Prawn
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