Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4592  ·  IC 4601  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco)  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star Dschubba (δSco)  ·  The star Graffias (β1Sco)  ·  The star νSco  ·  The star πSco  ·  The star χOph  ·  The star ω1Sco  ·  The star ω2Sco  ·  The star ωOph  ·  rho Oph nebula

Image of the day 04/01/2017

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    The head of Scorpion, Yuichi Kawamoto
    The head of Scorpion
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    The head of Scorpion

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    Just a quick, 9 sub-frame mosaic shot before dawn, actually I got blue sky with the last few shots;) so colors are less vivid than intended. Only 11 minutes of exposure for L and RGB channels respectively for each sub frame. Expecting next opportunity.

    20200229 recovery from data loss: the original full size image not available. To be updated after reproduction.

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    The head of Scorpion, Yuichi Kawamoto