Prawn Nebula

IC 4628

An emission nebula so faint, most have never even heard of it.

Captured 6 June 2026

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Prawn Nebula — single raw frame — Drag to reveal the processing

Prawn Nebula — final processed image — Drag to reveal the processing

Glowing in hydrogen-alpha red across 250 light-years of space, IC 4628 sits about 6,000 light-years away in Scorpius. The gas here is ionised by a handful of hot, young OB stars embedded within, invisible to the eye, but their energy lights up the entire cloud.