Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  20 Sco)  ·  20 sig Sco  ·  21 Sco)  ·  21 alf Sco  ·  22 Sco  ·  22 i Sco  ·  Al Niyat (σ Sco  ·  Alniyat  ·  Alniyat I  ·  Antares  ·  Cor Scorpii  ·  HD146998  ·  HD147012  ·  HD147013  ·  HD147105  ·  HD147255  ·  HD147491  ·  HD147592  ·  HD147648  ·  HD147649  ·  HD147702  ·  HD147743  ·  HD147809  ·  HD147955  ·  HD148117  ·  HD148152  ·  HD148212  ·  HD148302  ·  HD148321  ·  HD148334  ·  And 41 more.
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First Go at Rho

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While visiting Colorado Springs I had the opportunity to drive to nearby certified dark site Florissant Fossil Beds National Park. The Hornbek Homestead is open 24 hours with a nice, flat parking flat. It's Bortle 3/4 and at an altitude of 9,800' so even with the halfmoon it was still a better situation than Bortle 6/7 near sea level shooting under a streetlight. I caught Antares just as it cleared the horizon and tracked from 2 degrees altitude for almost two hours. One of the hardest targets I've process that I imagine I will eventually revisit.

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First Go at Rho, Jeremy Likness