Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  13.44  ·  19 Sco  ·  19 omi Sco  ·  20 Sco)  ·  20 sig Sco  ·  21 Sco)  ·  21 alf Sco  ·  22 Sco  ·  22 i Sco  ·  37 Fides  ·  5 Oph  ·  5 rho Oph  ·  Al Niyat (σ Sco  ·  Alniyat  ·  Alniyat I  ·  Antares  ·  B42  ·  Cor Scorpii  ·  HD146516  ·  HD146590  ·  HD146663  ·  HD146678  ·  HD146706  ·  HD146774  ·  HD146851  ·  HD146898  ·  HD146997  ·  HD146998  ·  HD147012  ·  HD147013  ·  And 128 more.
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Antares region, Rho Ophiuchi., Alicia Rossiter
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Antares region, Rho Ophiuchi.

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Antares region, Rho Ophiuchi.

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The Antares area in Rho Ophiuchi is extremely difficult to photograph here in New England. With the spring nights getting shorter and the Ophiuchi area rising only 21 degrees around 2 am. The window to get a picture is almost 2 hours, provided that every variable such as weather, seeing, moonlight, and guiding are all well under control. I was lucky this morning and my ReCat delivered -as usual- a great quality image that did not require any star management and only minimal processing. With 2 hours of integration of 10 min subs the results are worth the effort!

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Antares region, Rho Ophiuchi., Alicia Rossiter