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Scorpius
Scorpius is a prominent zodiac constellation in the southern sky, named after the scorpion. It features bright stars and deep-sky objects, including the Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302).
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APODs including "Scorpius"
Cat's Paw Nebula from Webb Space Telescope
21/07/2025
Messier 6
19/07/2025
NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula
06/06/2025
The Local Fluff
22/12/2024
Messier 4
29/11/2024
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
22/08/2024
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
26/09/2023
IC 4628: The Prawn Nebula
26/07/2023
Milky Way above La Palma Observatory
18/07/2023
The Butterfly Nebula from Hubble
21/11/2022
Two Comets in Southern Skies
08/10/2022
A Furious Sky over Mount Shasta
28/09/2022
Stardust and Comet Tails
20/08/2022
NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula
10/05/2022
The Dark Tower in Scorpius
15/07/2021
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
05/07/2021
Scorpius Enhanced
16/06/2021
Deepscape at Yacoraite
08/05/2021
MAGIC NEOWISE
24/07/2020
Iron in the Butterfly Nebula
21/07/2020
The Dark River to Antares
16/05/2020
The Annotated Galactic Center
27/09/2019
Rho Ophiuchi Wide Field
13/05/2019
A Scorpius Sky Spectacular
07/04/2019
NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula
02/03/2019
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
05/11/2018
Mont Blanc, Meteor, and Milky Way
15/09/2018
From the Galactic Plane through Antares
02/07/2018
The Blue Horsehead Nebula in Infrared
23/04/2018
NGC 6334: The Cat's Paw Nebula
13/09/2017