Wide-field View of The Lobster Nebula: NGC 6357 | Digitized Sky Survey

Wide-field View: The Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) | Digitized Sky Survey

This is part of the Scorpius constellation centered on star formation region NGC 6357, nicknamed The Lobster Nebula. It has star cluster Pismis 24 in its center. This image is a color composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), the field of view is 3.8x3.3 degrees.

Image Credit: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: June 20, 2012

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