In my opinion it's one of the most colorful targets in our night sky, the star forming region of Rho Ophiuchi lies only about 360 light years from us in the Constellations of Ophiuchus and Scorpius.
This collection of images making up a 4 panel Mosaic was Captured over 3 nights from grandmesaobservatory.com in Colorado, using the QHY367C One Shot Color CMOS Camera on Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ130
Panel 1. rho Oph Nebula IC4604, and IC4605
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/35707565605/in/photost...Panel 2. Globular Clusters M4 and NGC6144
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/35538862302/in/photost...Panel 3. IC4605 and Dark Nebulae of Rho Ophiuchi
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/35667959956/in/photost...Panel 4. IC4605 and Antares
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/35320386870/in/photost...Rho Ophiuchi 4 panel mosaic consisting of the above 4 panels
www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/35667959596/in/datepos...Total Integration Time 8 Hours (2 hours per panel)
Technical Information
Location: Grand Mesa, Whitewater Colorado
Captured June 2017
QHY367C Full Frame One Shot Color COLDMOS cooled to -20C
Size: 7376 x 4938 pixels each panel, Mosaic is 11736x8093 pixels
Pixel Size: 4.88um x 4.88um
Total integration Time 480 minutes
Gain 2850, Offset 76
Darks and Flats no Bias
120 x 240 sec @ 1x1
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-130 @ F5.0 650mm
Optolong Luminance Filter for IR Block
Paramount ME German Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition Maxim DL
Pre Processing Deep Sky Stacker
Post Processing Pixinsight & CS6
Please check out the new observatory at Grand Mesa Colorado
www.grandmesaobservatory.com
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