There's no more colorful area of the deep-sky than this field in the head of Scorpius. A mix of red and magenta emission nebulas combine with blue ref
There's no more colorful area of the deep-sky than this field in the head of Scorpius. A mix of red and magenta emission nebulas combine with blue reflection nebulas, and unique to this field, a yellow reflection nebula around the red giant star Antares at bottom. Dark dust lanes glow brown and yellow as well. This frames the Rho Ophiuchi complex of dust lanes and reflection nebulas above Antares. At top is IC 4592, aka the Blue Horsehead Nebula. At bottom right are faint wisps of blue reflection nebulas catalogued as Sharpless 2-1. Beside Antares is the large globular cluster Messier 4. The stars at right are the trio of stars that form the head of Scorpius: from top to bottom – Beta, Delta and Pi Scorpii. Beta is aka Graffias and Delta is aka Dschubba. This is a stack of 16 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the Canon Ra camera at ISO 800, tracked on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount. The lens had an 82mm URTH Night broadband filter on it. Taken before dawn on March 13, 2024 from the Warrumbungles Mountain Motel near Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
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