Well known to astrophotographers, IC 4628 also known as the Prawn Nebula is an emission nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way. It is located around 6000 light years from Earth.
The region is an active star forming area.
Imaged in SHO narrowband and RGB for star color on our RiDK 400 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image acquisition and processing: Mike Selby
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