#rhoophiuchicloudcomplex

[clayhaus]

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex. Only gathered 35 minutes worth of exposure before the wispy clouds wrecked havoc so I really had to massage the data and coax the photons in post-processing to display a modicum of what can be revealed in this gorgeous section of sky. Shot with a Hydrogen-Alpha modified Pentax K-1 and an Askar 135mm lens on an iOptron Skyguider Pro mount. #clayhausphotography #rhoophiuchi #rhoophiuchicloudcomplex #pentax #ioptronskyguiderpro #ioptron #pentaxk1 https://www.instagram.com/p/CerdJ1Ov727/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[evil-me-obesessions]

The Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex is a rather colourful deep sky object that can be found by looking at Antares in the night sky, the core of the Scorpius asterism, the heart of the scorpion, lighting the way with its beautiful reddish colour sparkling in the sky. Antares shown here as a bright yellow star in the yellowish portion of the complex. The complex itself lies some 460 light years away from Earth and is one of the nearest star forming region. M4 can be seen next to Antares and the beautiful dust lanes that can be seen converging to the colourful nebula shows a beautiful surprise at the left edge of the image, that of Jupiter, our beloved gas giant in our solar system. This was shot with a QHY294C with a Nikon 85mm f1.8D shot on an unknown aperture as I feel I may have nudged the aperture control while focusing 😅. The whole setup is mounted on a CEM25P and has a 50mm guidescope and zwo224mc guidecam. Shot with exposures of 180s. Approximately 3hours 21minutes integration. #astrophotography #astro_photography_ #deepskyphotography #deepskyobject #deepskyastrophotography #astrobackyard #messier4 #antares #rhoophiuchicloudcomplex #rhoophiuchi #nebula #nebulae #photowork_community #amateurastrophotography #amateurastrophotographyezine #amateurastrophotography #cem25p #qhy294 #qhyccd #deepskyobject #darknebula #天体観測 #天体写真 https://www.instagram.com/p/B0OIpTglypO/?igshid=8yp88luozjrf

[clayhaus]

Another image of one of my favorite sections of the Summer night sky: the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex. This image is the result of 94 43 second exposures (a little over 67 minutes total) captured with a full spectrum Pentax DSLR and tracked with the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer. The images were integrated in Astro Pixel Processor and processed in PixInsight and Photoshop. In this frame we see dark nebulae, emission nebulae, reflection nebula, a globular star cluster, the bright orange giant star Antares and the yellow glow of the Milky Way's disk to the left. Lots to see here. #astronomy #astrophotography #pentax #staradventurer #rhoophiuchicloudcomplex #rhoophiuchi #clayhausphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CSx87--na9T/?utm_medium=tumblr