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A little bit of Scorpius and Ophiucus, Brian Boyle

A little bit of Scorpius and Ophiucus

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A little bit of Scorpius and Ophiucus, Brian Boyle

A little bit of Scorpius and Ophiucus

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A nine panel mosaic of the colourful region of Scorpius and Ophiucus.  If I wasn't so terrible at doing mosaics, I probably could have got away with six panels, but that's life.  Some humidity during the nights caused the stars to "blow-up" a little, but at this scale I think it rather adds to the power of the image.   I wanted to feature the fainter framing nebulosity around the Horsehead and the Antares/Rho Ophiuci nebulae, and the speed of the f/2 Nikon 200mm camera is well suited to going deep.  

9 panels, 40 x 300 secs each

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