NGC 6144 and M4, behind the blinding glare of Antares and Alniyat (darkdesertdome)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: 13.14 · 20 Sco) · 20 sig Sco · 21 Sco) · 21 alf Sco · 536 Merapi · Al Niyat (σ Sco · Alniyat · Alniyat I · Antares · Cor Scorpii · Kalb al Akrab (α Sco · LBN 1101 · LBN 1104 · LBN 1105 · LBN 1106 · LBN 1107 · LBN 1108 · LDN 1676 · M 4 · NGC 6121 · NGC 6144 · PGC 185272 · PGC 2828821 · Scorpius · Sh2-9 · The star Alniyat · The star Antares · Vespertilio

Image of the day 06/16/2023

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NGC 6144 and M4, behind the blinding glare of Antares and Alniyat

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NGC 6144 and M4, behind the blinding glare of Antares and Alniyat

I love this region of Scorpius. The depth, beauty, and diversity of our own galaxy is on display, with some of our nearest stellar neighbors cloaked in nebulosity of all types and colors, not quite managing to steal all attention away from the magnificent globular clusters M4 and NGC 6144 much farther away. This was captured almost as an afterthought, to burn an hour of time while my intended real target of the night was still rising. I don't remember what else I did that night, but I was pleasantly satisfied with this short little shot, even with the extremely short integration time. Bortle 1 skies helped, of course.

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RA (center)	16h24m07s.98
RA (top/left)	16h30m16s.31
RA (top/right)	16h24m09s.64
RA (bottom/right)	16h18m03s.48
RA (bottom/left)	16h24m06s.27

Dec (center)	-25°54′49″.3
Dec (top/left)	-26°28′51″.4
Dec (top/right)	-24°25′29″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	-25°19′52″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	-27°24′11″.3

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NGC 6144 and M4, behind the blinding glare of Antares and Alniyat

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