Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  M 4  ·  M 80  ·  NGC 6093  ·  NGC 6121  ·  NGC 6144  ·  The star 22Sco  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star οSco  ·  The star ρOph  ·  rho Oph nebula
Rho Ophiuci - Antares region close up, Ed Magowan
Rho Ophiuci - Antares region close up
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Rho Ophiuci - Antares region close up

Rho Ophiuci - Antares region close up, Ed Magowan
Rho Ophiuci - Antares region close up
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Rho Ophiuci - Antares region close up

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Taken with a fairly simple setup. A C9.25 drive base converted into a camera platform. The camera is mounted on a ballhead. Polar alignment with SharpCap. Quite a good wide-field astrophotography rig. The drive base can be mounted to a 45 year old somewhat beat up but functional C8 field tripod and wedge, or to the C9.25 tripod and wedge - much better looking and more solid. I'll post some photos of the C9.25 tripod/drive base setup in the near future.

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Rho Ophiuci - Antares region close up, Ed Magowan