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Antares, M4 and Rho Ophiuchi

The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a dark nebula of gas and dust and a cloud of atomic hydrogen ionized (HII region). It's located 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi of the constellation Ophiuchus and 3° North of Antares, the heart of the Scorpion. At an estimated distance of 460 light-years this cloud is one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System.

 

Camera: Moravian G2 8300

Filters: 31mm unmounted Optolong

Optic: Samyang telephoto lens 135mm

Mount: Vixen Sphinx

Autoguider: camera Magzero 5m, finder 8X50, Phd guiding

Frames: Ha 7nm 12X600 sec - RGB: 5X600 sec each Bin1 -20°

Processing: Pixinsight, PS

Pubblicazioni: Coelum settembre 2019

 

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Uploaded on July 8, 2019
Taken on June 28, 2019