A freeze-frame on the Prawn Nebula & Many More

Image Description and Details : This wide field picture features many celestial jewels, including but not limited to IC 4628, NGC 6268, NGC 6231, & NGC 6244. The main object drawing the astronomer attention is most probably IC 4628, a bright Nebula appearing in the constellation Scorpius and located somewhere 6,000 light years from our solar system. Also dubbed the "prawn nebula", it is believed to be a massive stellar nursery, where new stars are forming. Scientists classify it as an emission nebula because its gas has been energized, by the radiation of nearby stars.

Acquisition details:
Processing : @ae_astrophotography
Data : telescope l
Scope : Takahashi FSQ 106 located in Australia
Filters : Sii, Ha, Oiii which gives the so-called "Hubble Palette"
Total integration time : 15H

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