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Two globular clusters in the Rho Ophiuchus Complex

Colour version of the Rho Ophiuchus complex in Scorpio. 8 x 5 minute luminosity subs with 5 x 3 minutes for red/green/blue. Combined together and post-processed in PixInsight and PS.

 

Orange supergiant Antares is just off-centre.

Small globular cluster NGC 6144 is at 11pm to Antares just obscured by the dust cloud.

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Large globular cluster M4 is at 1pm just above the dust cloud. Dark galactic nebulae to the left of the image.

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Acquired remotely from T08 wide-angle scope in Siding Springs Observatory, Australia. Field of view here is just under 4 degrees - about 7 moon-widths.

 

Subs processed by me in Limavady, Northern Ireland.

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Uploaded on June 2, 2017