Date Taken: June 21, 2020
Camera: ASI 071
Telescope: AstroPhysics EDF 6 inch f/7 refractor
Focal Length: 1100mm

NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. It is also known as the Lobster Nebula. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark disks of gas, and young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons" or expanding gases surrounding these small stars.


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