Scorpius Showcase (Jeff Reitzel)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: B257 · B258 · B271 · B273 · B275 · B278 · Bug nebula · Butterfly Cluster · LBN 1116 · LBN 1117 · LDN 1723 · LDN 1724 · LDN 1732 · LDN 1734 · LDN 1735 · LDN 1738 · M 6 · NGC 6302 · NGC 6334 · NGC 6357 · NGC 6374 · NGC 6383 · NGC 6404 · NGC 6405 · NGC 6416 · PK352+00.1 · PK352-00.1 · PK353-01.1 · PK354-01.1 · PK355-01.1 · And 14 more.

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Scorpius Showcase

Here is one of the projects I have been working on during our long winter. This is a very large mosaic showing ~5 degrees of the sky across the Constellation Scorpius. Data acquired over the past several years from Heaven's Mirror Observatory in Australia using a Takahashi FSQ106ED scope and FLI PL16803 camera operated by Telescope Live. The major objects in this image from left to right are as follows: Messier 6 - The Butterfly Cluster, NGC 6357- The War and Peace Nebula, and NGC 6334 - The Cat's Paw Nebula. All data is 600s subs through Ha, Oiii, and Sii filters. All of these objects are too low to get great images from my Mid-Northern Hemisphere location. I am thankful to have this resource available during our long periods of poor weather to process images I could never acquire at my home.

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
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Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	17h27m30s.78
RA (top/left)	17h34m13s.78
RA (top/right)	17h05m47s.96
RA (bottom/right)	17h19m59s.41
RA (bottom/left)	17h48m25s.81

Dec (center)	-34°08′50″.0
Dec (top/left)	-29°41′14″.10
Dec (top/right)	-35°35′06″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-38°34′24″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	-32°28′54″.7

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