IC 4628
Details
IC 4628 also called Prawn Nebula, is a beautiful emission nebula in the constellation of Scorpius. The open cluster on top of the image is NGC 6242, the opaque dark cloud is Barnard 48.
Image Details
Telescope Optics
Takahashi FSQ106ED
Mount
Knopf MK100 + Koch FS2
Camera
Moravian G3-16200
Filters
Baader RGB + Ha
Integration Time
30x 600s Lum, 14x600s R, 18x600s G, 12x600s B
14x600s Ha
Date
July 2017 (LRGB) July 2016 (Ha)
Conditions
Excellent Sky Conditions
Remarks
Object Details
Type of Object
Emission Nebula, Open Cluster
Constellation
Scorpius
Location
Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia