Antares to Rho dust in the Milkyway
Dark dust clouds
Uploaded 8/22/24

 
This
            is one of the most dense regions of the galaxy for dark nebula,
            the absorbing dust is brownish in color and has illuminated blue
            highlights from hot stars seen at top in Rho, and bottom around
            22 Ophiuchi. The nebula to the right is greenish due to getting
            both the yellows from the nearby Antares nebula and the blues
            from Rho. The only "normal" piece of sky can be found
            in the lower left corner! 8" f/2 RASA, ASI071mc CMOS, Happy
            Jack, Az.

            
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Instrument:  RASA 8" f/2 
Mount:  Home Made GEM with Byers Starmaster Drive
Camera:  Color CMOS OSC  ASI071MC
Guider: ASI mini  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  60m total 
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona, Elevation:  7000 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  55 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration
PixInsight:  Alignment, Stacking, Star Removal
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Cleanup

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