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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
Few areas of the sky have as much going on as the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex. These dark blotches of interstellar dust reflect some of the light of the surrounding stars creating beautiful reflection nebulas. On the left is Antares, one of the brightest and most yellow stars in the night sky. Antares nearing the end of its life is also causing the subtle red emission nebula in the area. Below Antares is a small globular cluster NGC6144 and further down still the rather large globula cluster M4 is quite pronounced.
This large area of the milky way is some 4 times the size of the full moon and was photographed with a 200mm camera lens, not a telescope. Total exposure time 1h 45min, shot with a D800.
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
Few areas of the sky have as much going on as the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex. These dark blotches of interstellar dust reflect some of the light of the surrounding stars creating beautiful reflection nebulas. On the left is Antares, one of the brightest and most yellow stars in the night sky. Antares nearing the end of its life is also causing the subtle red emission nebula in the area. Below Antares is a small globular cluster NGC6144 and further down still the rather large globula cluster M4 is quite pronounced.
This large area of the milky way is some 4 times the size of the full moon and was photographed with a 200mm camera lens, not a telescope. Total exposure time 1h 45min, shot with a D800.