This frames the rich area in southern Scorpius that contains the "False Comet" cluster, NGC 6231 which, along with the looser, larger clusters Ruprecht 122 and Collinder 316, appears as a hazy elongated comet to the naked eye. In 1986 Comet Halley was in this area and many mistook this deep-sky field for the comet, thus the moniker, as best I know! Photos show the nebulosity in the field, which is IC 4628, aka the Prawn Nebula. Above the nebula is the star cluster NGC 6242. To the left is NGC 6268, and above it is the larger cluster NGC NGC 6281. At the bottom edge at centre is the cluster NGC

This frames the rich area in southern Scorpius that contains the "False Comet" cluster, NGC 6231 which, along with the looser, larger clusters Ruprecht 122 and Collinder 316, appears as a hazy elongated comet to the naked eye. In 1986 Comet Halley was in this area and many mistook this deep-sky field for the comet, thus the moniker, as best I know! Photos show the nebulosity in the field, which is IC 4628, aka the Prawn Nebula. Above the nebula is the star cluster NGC 6242. To the left is NGC 6268, and above it is the larger cluster NGC NGC 6281. At the bottom edge at centre is the cluster NGC

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