The Head of the Scorpius (Martin Konrat)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: 20 Sco) · 20 sig Sco · 22 Sco · 22 i Sco · Al Niyat (σ Sco · Alniyat · Alniyat I · IC 4603 · IC 4605 · LBN 1101 · LBN 1104 · LBN 1105 · LBN 1106 · LBN 1109 · LBN 1110 · LDN 1676 · LDN 1681 · LDN 1683 · LDN 1684 · LDN 1686 · LDN 1688 · LDN 1690 · M 4 · NGC 6121 · NGC 6144 · Scorpius · Sh2-9 · The star Alniyat · The star i Sco

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The Head of the Scorpius

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The Head and Heart of the Scorpius

A mix of dust and Ha emission illuminated by the light of Big and shiny stars (Al Nyiat has aprox 35 times
the size of our sun and Antares is about 700 times larger than the Sun).

IC4603, the blue reflection nebula in de down right corner is part of the Constellation of Ophiuchus and the Al Niyat
nebula (down left corner) is a Ha emission region behing the Star Al Nyiat which is part of the Scorpius Constellation,
so we can se here the transition between those constellations.

M4 or NGC6121 is the cluster in the Upper left corner.

Tech Info:

ASKAR FRA400 refractor
asi294mm camera, bin1
Antlia R.G.B and Ha filters
115 x 120s (divided in R,G and B) and 25x 180s Ha. Total: 5h5'
ioptron CEM26 mount
processing: pixinsight, photoshop

Imaged from my backyard in Giruá, Brazil. Bortle 4.

Brazilian Astrophotographers
The refractors!
Cloudy Nights
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Askar Telescopes
ZWO ASI294MM Pro Images
iOptron CEM26/GEM28

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RA (center)	16h25m04s.53
RA (top/left)	16h23m15s.79
RA (top/right)	16h32m01s.23
RA (bottom/right)	16h26m50s.22
RA (bottom/left)	16h18m06s.66

Dec (center)	-25°27′07″.0
Dec (top/left)	-26°58′29″.9
Dec (top/right)	-25°18′39″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	-23°55′37″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	-25°34′17″.5

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