Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  IC 4592  ·  IC 4601  ·  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 νSco  ·  The star οSco  ·  The star ρOph  ·  The star χOph  ·  The star ψOph  ·  The star ωOph  ·  rho Oph nebula
(most of) The Blue Horse Head and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, 1074j
(most of) The Blue Horse Head and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
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(most of) The Blue Horse Head and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

(most of) The Blue Horse Head and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, 1074j
(most of) The Blue Horse Head and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
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(most of) The Blue Horse Head and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex

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Here's my 2018 attempt as this is a yearly tradition of mine to image this area. I was pleased with the outcome but I still have issues with halos around the brightest stars and I cut off the nose of the Horse! I spent considerable time getting the tilt out of my ASI071MC/Rokinon 135mm combination. I also used Astro Pixel Processor to stack the images and it worked well. Startools was used for the rest of the post-processing. 40x180s, gain 90, f/2.

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(most of) The Blue Horse Head and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, 1074j