Tagged: HSO - Adam Lundie - Eatons Hill Observatory

The Skull & Crossbones Nebula is an active star-forming region approximately 20,000 light years away.

NGC 6357 is a diffuse nebula in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark disks of gas, and young stars wrapped in expanding gases. It is also known as the Lobster Nebula. Presented is a narrowband SHO photograph in the Hubble Space Telescope palette.