Amazon Quiz (January 22, 2022): NASA’s Hubble space telescope has recently captured an image of which massive stellar nursery, also known as Gum 56?

Dumbbell Nebula

Butterfly Nebula

Prawn Nebula

Lemon Slice Nebula

Answer: Prawn Nebula

Also known as Gum 56, the Prawn Nebula is an emission nebula located around 6,000 light years from the Earth in the constellation Scorpio.

Discovered by Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum, the Prawn Nebula is known as Gum 56 in his honour.

The Prawn Nebula is a dense concentration of gas and dust, ionised by the star cluster known as Trumpler 24.

Despite its massive diameter of 250 light years, the Prawn Nebula was surprisingly overlooked by astronomers. The nebula has several newborn stars nestled in it, but astronomers believe it still has enough gas and dust to give birth to a new generation of stars.

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