Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Ophiuchus (Oph)  ·  Contains:  19 Sco  ·  20 Sco)  ·  21 Sco)  ·  22 Sco  ·  23 Sco)  ·  4 Oph  ·  5 Oph  ·  9 Oph  ·  Al Niyat (σ Sco  ·  Al Niyat (τ Sco  ·  Alniyat I  ·  Cor Scorpii  ·  IC 4601  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  Kalb al Akrab (α Sco  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco)  ·  The star Alniyat  ·  The star Alniyat II  ·  The star Antares  ·  The star d Sco  ·  The star i Sco  ·  The star ο Sco  ·  The star ρ Oph  ·  The star ψ Oph  ·  The star ω Oph  ·  Vespertilio  ·  And 1 more.
Rho Ophiuchi with Samyang 135 mm, Franek Bukowski
Rho Ophiuchi with Samyang 135 mm
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Rho Ophiuchi with Samyang 135 mm

Rho Ophiuchi with Samyang 135 mm, Franek Bukowski
Rho Ophiuchi with Samyang 135 mm
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Rho Ophiuchi with Samyang 135 mm

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If I would have to pick up three worst things in living in Poland I would pick:
1) Current goverment
2) Double-digit inflation
3) Rho Ophiuchi being so low over horizon, visible only during 3 months in year when the nights are shortests. 

Jokes aside, Rho Ophiuchi is indeed a hell of an object as a photographic challenge given my location - it is just barely enough to have it on the night sky.
That's why I'm so satisfied with this image, taken back in May in polish mountain range Beskid Sądecki, where I went to look for a clear skies.

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Rho Ophiuchi with Samyang 135 mm, Franek Bukowski