Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  21 alf Sco  ·  22 i Sco  ·  Antares  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4605  ·  LBN 1107  ·  LBN 1108  ·  LBN 1109  ·  LBN 1110  ·  LDN 1681  ·  LDN 1683  ·  LDN 1684  ·  LDN 1686  ·  LDN 1688  ·  LDN 1689  ·  LDN 1690  ·  LDN 1696  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  NGC 6144  ·  Scorpius  ·  The star 22Sco  ·  The star Antares (αSco)
Antares & Friends, Minos Kritikos
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Antares & Friends

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Antares & Friends

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Goodmorning! Here's a little preview teaser of a region I cropped from a mosaic of Rho Ophiuchi I'm working on in the constellation Scorpio :)

I call it Antares (Alpha Scorpii, the bright star on the bottom right at 550 ly away) and Friends - M4, top right, a globular cluster 7.2 kly away - IC4603 & 4605 left top and bottom, at 443 & 393 ly away. Of course, there is also the dark nebula of Rho Ophiuci on the left and a small fuzzy globular cluster above left of Antares called NGC 6144.

Image was fully calibrated in DSS but with only minimal processing in PI.

Full image at: http://www.astrobin.com/full/298489/0/?real=&mod=

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Antares & Friends, Minos Kritikos

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