And now for something completely different... The Antares region. (Brian Boyle)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: 1 b Sco · 10 Sco) · 10 ome02 Sco · 14 Sco) · 14 nu. Sco · 19 omi Sco · 2 A Sco · 20 Sco) · 20 sig Sco · 21 Sco) · 21 alf Sco · 22 i Sco · 3 Sco · 4 Sco · 4 psi Oph · 45 lam Lib · 47 Lib · 5 rho Oph · 6 Sco) · 6 pi. Sco · 7 Oph · 7 Sco) · 7 chi Oph · 7 del Sco · 8 Sco A) · 8 bet01 Sco · 8 bet02 Sco · 9 Oph · 9 Sco) · 9 ome Oph · And 89 more.

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And now for something completely different... The Antares region.

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And now for something completely different... The Antares region.

It is a truth universally recognised, that an individual is possession of AP gear must be in want of imaging the Antares region.

So, with the clocks going back/forward/staying the same all over the world, thoughts naturally turn to imaging this region of sky as it starts to rise in the East. It is simply too go to miss.

In truth this image started with an attempt at Sh2-1 at 650mm, but my f3.2 astrograph wasn't quite fast enough [or I was too impatient] to get a decent shot.

Instead I turned to my f2 Nikon lens. My first image of the area at 200mm focal length revealed Sh2-1 much better, but also tantalisingly caught the nose of the Blue Horsehead in the corner. So like the old lady who swallowed a fly, I just had to go one step further and make a mosaic.

Given the genesis of the image, in post-processing I wanted to highlight the faint nebulosity the stars of the Scorpion's pincers (Sh1-2, Sh2-7) as much as the more popular nebulae to the east. I am pleased in the way it turned out, with the tsusami of nebulosity in the west threatening to crash over the Antares region.

Enjoy, if you can, yet another image of the Antares region.

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RA (center)	16h09m14s.10
RA (top/left)	15h43m54s.47
RA (top/right)	16h37m35s.47
RA (bottom/right)	16h32m40s.00
RA (bottom/left)	15h42m42s.55

Dec (center)	-22°27′41″.1
Dec (top/left)	-27°46′40″.4
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Dec (bottom/right)	-16°53′26″.0
Dec (bottom/left)	-17°44′24″.1

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