Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco)  ·  The star 22Sco  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star οSco  ·  The star ρOph  ·  The star τSco  ·  rho Oph Nebula
Colors of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebula, Tim Looi
Colors of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebula
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Colors of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebula

Colors of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebula, Tim Looi
Colors of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebula
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Colors of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebula

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One of my favourites widefield targets, the Rho Oph cloud complex and Antares regions are so colourful its mesmerizing , here's my recent take in HaLRGB. Happy Mother's Day to all mums out there btw ;-)

Imaged over a couple of nights under Bortle 6 skies from my backyard last weekend

About 5h15m tolal integration

Putting my new ightweight rig through the paces

Samyang [email protected] + HEQ5PRO belt mod

ZWO asi1600mm pro + 8EFW + 1.25" HaLRGB filters

ZWO asi224mc + QHY30F4 guidescope

ZWO Asiair v1 + ZWO EAF

Unity Gain @-20’c

60L x 30s + 30L x 60s

30RGB x 60s + 30RGB x 30s @ Bin2

40Ha x 180s

Stacked and combined in APP with Darks, Flats and Bias Calibration frames

Clear skies!

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Colors of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebula, Tim Looi