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The complex region of NGC 6231 in the tail of Scorpius.
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Title: The complex region of NGC 6231 in the tail of Scorpius.
Caption: The complex region of NGC 6231 in the tail of Scorpius, with the brightest star cluster at lower right being NGC 6231 itself while the cluster at centre is NGC 6242. The nebula is IC 4628. The pair of bright stars at top are Mu 1 and 2 Scorpii. The colorful double star at bottom is Zeta 1 and 2 Scorpii. To the naked eye this area appears elongated and fuzzy, like a comet. It was mistaken for Comet Halley in 1986.
Category: Space
Credit: Album / Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images
Image size: 6267 × 4182 px | 75.0 MB
Print size: 53.1 × 35.4 cm | 2467.3 × 1646.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ALBERTA • ASTROMETRY • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMY • ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY • ASTROPHYSICS • AWE • BEAUTY • CANADA • CANADIAN • CELESTIAL • CLUSTER • COLOR IMAGE • COLOUR IMAGE • COSMOLOGY • DEEP SKY • DEEP SPACE • EMISSION NEBULA • FALSE COMET • FOTOGRAFIA • GALACTIC • HEAVENLY • HORIZONTAL • IC 4628 • INFINITY • LUMINOUS • MAJESTIC • MOLECULAR CLOUDS • MOMENT IN TIME • MU SCORPII • NEBULOSITY • NGC 6231 • NGC 6242 • NIGHT • NO PEOPLE • OPEN CLUSTERS • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTER SPACE • OUTERSPACE • OUTSIDE • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PHOTOGRAPHIE • PHOTOGRAPHY • PHOTOS • RESPECT • REVERENCE • SCORPIUS • SKY • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE • SPATIAL • STAR CLOUDS • STAR CLUSTERS • STAR FORMATION • STARFIELD • STARFORMING • STARLIGHT • STARS • STELLAR NURSERY • STELLAR • UNIVERSE • VENERATION • WITHOUT PEOPLE • ZETA SCORPII
