Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  19 Sco  ·  20 Sco)  ·  21 Sco)  ·  22 Sco  ·  5 Oph  ·  Al Niyat (σ Sco  ·  Alniyat I  ·  Cor Scorpii  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  Kalb al Akrab (α Sco  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  The star Alniyat  ·  The star Antares  ·  The star i Sco  ·  The star ο Sco  ·  The star ρ Oph  ·  Vespertilio  ·  rho Oph Nebula
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Rho Ophiuchi and M4, Georg N. Nyman
Rho Ophiuchi and M4
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Rho Ophiuchi and M4

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Rho Ophiuchi and M4, Georg N. Nyman
Rho Ophiuchi and M4
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Rho Ophiuchi and M4

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This cloud complex is probably one of the most colorful areas in the Skies - mainly visible in the Southern Skies, but also in the Northern Skies - but very low and difficult to image, This image was taken in Australia  with a Takahashi FSQ 106ED and a FLI-PL16803 camera in LRGB. 144 frames in total with 6002 exposure time per frame. Rawdata provided by Telescope.Live. Processing in APP, PixInsight and Affinity Photo.
The listed acquisition nights are only the major ones, all spread between 2021-03 and 2021-08.

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Rho Ophiuchi and M4, Georg N. Nyman