Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  19 omi Sco  ·  20 sig Sco  ·  21 alf Sco  ·  22 i Sco  ·  5 rho Oph  ·  9 ome Oph  ·  Alniyat  ·  Antares  ·  B42  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  NGC 6144  ·  Scorpius  ·  Sh2-9  ·  The star 22Sco  ·  The star Al Niyat (σSco)  ·  The star Antares (αSco)  ·  The star οSco  ·  The star ρOph  ·  The star ωOph  ·  rho Oph Nebula
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Rho Ophiuchi Interstellar Cloud & M4

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Rho Ophiuchi Interstellar Cloud & M4

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Rho Ophiuchi is a multiple star system in the constellation Ophiuchus. The central system has an apparent magnitude of 4.63. Based on the central system's parallax of 9.03 mas, it is located about 360 light-years away. M4 is a globular cluster at a distance of 7.1k light years.

Captured at F/2.8 and iso1600, 20 x 90s + darks, flats.

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Rho Ophiuchi Interstellar Cloud & M4, KiwiAstro

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