Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  IC 4603
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IC4603, Frank Turina
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IC4603

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IC4603

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I decided to post this even though I don’t feel like it’s a finished product. I usually try to get between 25 and 35 hours of exposure for my images, but this one only has 13. I wish the dust clouds were a little more prominent, but I kind of like the colors. IC4603 sits pretty low in the Colorado sky, about 10 degrees above the southern horizon which makes it a difficult target for me. It was tough to get more than 2 or 3 hours of good data per night. Maybe some day I’ll go back and collect some more data on this one, but for now this will have to do. The full moon is coming this week and there are some amazing nebulae to image this summer.

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IC4603, Frank Turina