Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  13.38  ·  15.28  ·  172 Baucis  ·  26 eps Sco  ·  27 Sco  ·  34 ups Sco  ·  35 lam Sco  ·  45 d Oph  ·  506 Marion  ·  B235  ·  B239  ·  B240  ·  B241  ·  B242  ·  B243  ·  B245  ·  B247  ·  B252  ·  B254  ·  B257  ·  B258  ·  B263  ·  B271  ·  B48  ·  B49  ·  B50  ·  B53  ·  B54  ·  B55  ·  B56  ·  And 211 more.
Milky Way in Scorpius, Brian Boyle
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Milky Way in Scorpius

Milky Way in Scorpius, Brian Boyle
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Milky Way in Scorpius

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A few nights ago, I doubled up on images by running two 'scopes (well.. a camera lens and a telescope).  In part this was to make up for the terrible weather here this winter.  

Previously I put together a mosaic of the Milky Way in Sagittarius with my "original rig" -  a Canon 200mm lens + Star Adventurer mount.  

I had so much fun, I thought I would do it again. So while I have been imaging some galaxies with my RC8,  I thought I would bring this small rig out again - this time to do a sweep of the Milky Way in Scorpius.

I should, of course, have images the Scorpius region first - now setting quite early - but that's just the way it goes.   These images will be helpful next winter, as I look for good DSO  targets in this area.  

The L-Enhance really brings out out the Ha regions against the background stars. I can almost convince myself that I can see RCW114 - in the lower right hand corner.   But the thing that really makes it for me are the dark dust lanes.  Plenty of targets for further exploration next year.

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