Stinger Region of Scorpius
Emission, dark, star clouds, etc.
Uploaded 7/8/25

 

            
In this very precise
            composition of the area just north of the stinger of Scorpius,
            the eye is led on a circular journey from one deep sky object
            to another. At lower right is NGC6334 - the "Cats Paw"
            nebula. To its upper left is NGC6537 the lobster nebula with
            a dim Sharpless 2-10 to its right. Moving counter clockwise again
            is the big diffuse nebula Sharpless 2-12 with a small dim Sharpless
            2-13 just to its right. M6 the Butterfly cluster is next in line,
            and at upper left is the small comet shaped nebula Sharpless
            2-15. Straight down (south) is Barnard 283 snaking through the
            Milky Way. Below is M7 which is nameless. Finally at the very
            bottom left side is a gorgeous bright yellow pair of stars forming
            a double - G Scorpii on the right and a globular NGC6441. We
            are now back where we started.

            
Technical Data: Samyang
            135mm f/2, ASI2600mm + IDAS NBZ filter + RGB = 2 hours total,
            Happy Jack, Az.

            


            
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Instrument:  Samnyang 135mm f/2 @ f/2.4
Mount:  Home Made GEM
Camera:  Color CMOS ASI2600 MC Pro
Guider: ASI mini  w/50mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  120m ( 5 min subs)
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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