Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  13.67  ·  14.20  ·  18 Oph  ·  19 omi Sco  ·  20 sig Sco  ·  21 alf Sco  ·  22 i Sco  ·  23 tau Sco  ·  25 Sco  ·  420 Bertholda  ·  5 rho Oph  ·  503 Evelyn  ·  9 ome Oph  ·  Alniyat  ·  Antares  ·  B229  ·  B238  ·  B42  ·  B44  ·  B45  ·  HD145155  ·  HD145188  ·  HD145189  ·  HD145236  ·  HD145249  ·  HD145261  ·  HD145276  ·  HD145295  ·  HD145296  ·  HD145332  ·  And 585 more.
Rho Ophiuchi, Amrinder Singh
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Rho Ophiuchi

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Rho Ophiuchi

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Decided to drive to Bortle 3 dark sky this weekend and shoot Rho Ophiuchi. Being in such dark skies was a treat in itself. Decided to shoot with my Canon 70-200 f2.8 lens and Fuji XT30 on new Vixen SXD2 mount. The camera and lens were too light for the mount as even the lightest counterbalance was too heave for it. Did some test shots and 4 minute exposure with guiding were perfect. I took 27 subs and was excited to process but when I got home I realized majority of them had issues. I assume a wire got snagged and caused vibrations. Only 8 frames were sharp and only 4 could be stacked together. This image is from those stacked images. Though I was bummed initially but just standing under a star canopy was worthwhile experience and these kind of issues do happen and part of learning experience.

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Rho Ophiuchi, Amrinder Singh