Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  12.99  ·  26 Oph  ·  39 Oph A  ·  39 omi Oph  ·  40 Oph)  ·  40 ksi Oph  ·  42 Oph)  ·  42 tet Oph  ·  43 Oph  ·  44 Oph  ·  44 b Oph  ·  45 Oph  ·  498 Tokio  ·  51 Oph  ·  51 c Oph  ·  58 Oph  ·  B246  ·  B250  ·  B251  ·  B253  ·  B255  ·  B256  ·  B259  ·  B260  ·  B261  ·  B262  ·  B264  ·  B265  ·  B266  ·  B268  ·  And 1142 more.
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Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un Kiwi, Brian Boyle
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Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un Kiwi

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Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un Kiwi, Brian Boyle
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Ceci n'est pas une pipe, c'est un Kiwi

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Sooner or later, in this part of the world, you just have to do the galactic Kiwi.  Currently I am armed only with a 200mm lens, so I thought I would give it a go.  The image is a 2panel mosaic taken over two nights.  Only 1.5hours per panel, but at f/2 I got a result I was pretty happy with.  

Looking deeper into the image reveals all the lovely dark nebulae towards this galactic core region.

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