IC 4603 - The Turbulent Heart of the Scorpion

[kana]

Rolf that's deadset amazing. Killer job and very jealous.

[John Hothersall]

Well that has come out so well, you do some passionate work for sure. A complex area that I just want to stare at.

John.

[astronobob (Bob)]

A very detailed area when captured like this, who'd of thought those whispy tendrals where there all through it. An amaizing piece of capturing ...
Top class

[Shiraz (Ray)]

Beautiful Rolf - outstanding quality.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by CoolhandJo

Very close up !

Thank you Paul, there are not many images of the Rho Ophiuchi region at this scale.

Originally Posted by kana

Rolf that's deadset amazing. Killer job and very jealous.

Thanks kana!

Originally Posted by John Hothersall

Well that has come out so well, you do some passionate work for sure. A complex area that I just want to stare at.

John.

Thank you very much John. It's a colourful and interesting piece of sky for sure, very photogenic

Originally Posted by astronobob

A very detailed area when captured like this, who'd of thought those whispy tendrals where there all through it. An amaizing piece of capturing ...
Top class

Thank you Bob, there is so much going on in this area isn't there!

Originally Posted by Shiraz

Beautiful Rolf - outstanding quality.

Thanks Ray, I think it's a nice improvement over my 2012 version. The new scope is a joy to use

[alpal]

Beautiful pic - keep them coming.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Originally Posted by alpal

Beautiful pic - keep them coming.

Thank you Louie, will do - if the clouds ever clear again...! It has been miserable for the last fortnight here, but I guess if it has to be miserable then better get it over with while the Moon is up anyway

[David Fitz-Henr]

Another great image Rolf, loads of nice detail here You just can't beat a good Newtonian

[MrB (Simon)]

Congrats on the APOD Rolf!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Yeah, niiiice...and me thinks we may well hear more about this image soon

[gvanhau (Geert)]

Congrats for your APOD today.

Geert

[RB (Andrew)]

Congrats Rolf, well done on the APOD!

RB

[alpal]

Congratulations on the APOD here:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140723.html

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Thank you all, it was a nice surprise to get this one featured on APOD! I've been inspired by the APOD page daily for the last two decades, so it's certainly an honour and very special to be up there too

[multiweb (Marc)]

Well done indeed.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Sweet! Congratulations on another!

[Peter Ward]

First up, congratulations on a well deserved APOD.

Not surprising, as your scope/mount/camera are all superbly matched and are in the hands of a skilled artisan.

Simple questions wannabe astro-imagers, plus those who should know better, (self included ) should ask themselves:

In focus?
Any instrument coma/astigmatism/curvature?
Stars round or elongated?
Any multi-coloured halos?
Any processing artifacts? (eg: real stars don't have dark rings around them..but clumsily sharpened ones do)
Any colour bias?
Any gradients?
Any highlight detail?
Any shadow detail?
Any noise?
Is the subject interesting?
Does the framing suit the subject?

You have asked and addressed all of the above, and then some.

Wonderful stuff

[marco (Marco Lorenzi)]

An excellent image and a very well deserved APOD Rolf, congratulations!
Clear skies
Marco

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Congratulations on APOD Rolf!

Fabulous image!

Cheers,

Justin.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Congratulations with the APOD Rolf!