Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  13 Sco  ·  13 c02 Sco  ·  13.34  ·  18 Oph  ·  19 Sco  ·  19 omi Sco  ·  20 Sco)  ·  20 sig Sco  ·  21 Sco)  ·  21 alf Sco  ·  211 Isolda  ·  22 Sco  ·  22 i Sco  ·  25 Sco  ·  5 Oph  ·  5 rho Oph  ·  Al Niyat (σ Sco  ·  Alniyat  ·  Alniyat I  ·  Antares  ·  B229  ·  B42  ·  B44  ·  Cor Scorpii  ·  IC 4591  ·  IC 4596  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  Kalb al Akrab (α Sco  ·  And 52 more.
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex (19 minutes of integration), Die Launische Diva
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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex (19 minutes of integration)

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex (19 minutes of integration), Die Launische Diva
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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex (19 minutes of integration)

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This region of the summer Milky Way never rises high enough at my location. To make things worse, it is located at the most light-polluted part of my backyard skies. I have made several attempts in the past imaging the ρ Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, with dissatisfactory results. As I am planning for another attempt today, I have decided to upload this very short integration (19 x 60s) showing what can be achieved with a fast lens and an unmodified DSLR, having the star ρ Oph only about 20 degrees above horizon. Unfortunately the light pollution and the short integration does injustice to the red nebulosity southeast of the star Antares, and can usually be found and admired in deeper images of this region.

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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex (19 minutes of integration), Die Launische Diva