Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchus. A rarely imaged part of the Rho Ophiuchus Nebula Complex near Antraries (Dave Erickson)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)

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Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchus. A rarely imaged part of the Rho Ophiuchus Nebula Complex near Antraries

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Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchus. A rarely imaged part of the Rho Ophiuchus Nebula Complex near Antraries

I was fascinated by this reflection nebula while doing wide field work in Scorpius and Ophiuchus, the famous Rho Ophiuchus nebula area. There almost hidden was a blue ray of light. At first i thought it was an imaging artifact. But on closer examination it was clearly a reflection nebula. I am sure that the nebula is being illuminated by a hot young star that it either totally or partially obscured by the dark star forming cloud near by.

I had an opportunity to image this area with my new CDK17 and a One Shot Color camera as part of the instrument calibration. Here I present a closer look at this unique nebula.

The inset, in this wider field of view of the Rho Ophiuchus nebula, is the object.

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RA (center)	16h31m41s.390
RA (top/left)	16h32m52s.100
RA (top/right)	16h30m43s.955
RA (bottom/right)	16h30m29s.920
RA (bottom/left)	16h32m38s.355

Dec (center)	-24°25′14″.80
Dec (top/left)	-24°15′35″.53
Dec (top/right)	-24°11′39″.29
Dec (bottom/right)	-24°34′50″.48
Dec (bottom/left)	-24°38′47″.41

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