The Prawn Nebula
| Right Ascension | 16 : 57.0 (h:m) |
|---|---|
| Declination | -40 : 20 (deg:m) |
| Distance | (kly) |
| Visual brightness | (mag) |
| Apparent dimension | 90. (arc min) |
Discovered by E.E. Barnard.
The image in this page was obtained by Ray Palmer. It was taken Golden Grove Observatory, Western Australia. Equipment used to capture image was a Takahashi Epsilon e160 mounted on a Losmandy G-11, exposed on Kodak Elite Chrome 200 unhypered.