Mosaic from the Rho Ophiuchi Nebula Complex through the core of the Milky Way (Paul Baker)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph) · Contains: Extremely wide field

Mosaic from the Rho Ophiuchi Nebula Complex through the core of the Milky Way, Paul Baker

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Mosaic from the Rho Ophiuchi Nebula Complex through the core of the Milky Way

This is a 6 panel mosaic taken with both ASI294MC and MM cameras over 3 nights , mostly around the new moon in May, June and July 2023. Taken with the Samyang 50mm lens set at F8. I find with this lens if it is set at a much lower F stop there is coma to the stars in the corner. There is some field distortion with this lens but that is taken care of using the mosaic process in AstroPixel Processor. The image is mostly processed in Pixinsight though. i find the mosaic function in APP is a lot easier to use and gives a much better stitch of the frames. Went to Curramore a Bortle 3 site to finish this a few weeks ago. Did this part of the Milky Way last year but have improved my technique since and it's such a fantastic region that it deserved some more attention. I hope you enjoy this beauty. It is going on the wall in my office definitely!!

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Description: Revisited this beauty with some different processing tricks hopefully to bring out the beauty of this magnificant data that i have collected. Enjoy. Absolutely love this image!!

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