Rho Ophiuchi

[AlexN]

Just a quick image from tonight - 2.6hrs of total integration...

Not too bad for a quickie I don't think.

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[CaptainCook (Gary)]

Thats great....how dark are your skies?

[Dave882 (David)]

Yeah lovely shot. Tight and clear. Colour is coming through nicely too. It’s quite an exciting area to shoot at shorter fl. Nice one!

[AlexN]

Gary : I'm in Bortle 4 here, 21.7 mag/arcsec.. it certainly makes shooting targets like this possible.

Dave: I always wanted to shoot this area but never got around to it.. the 416mm focal length with the 294 sensor is nice, but I'd love to throw on the reducer and get a bigger sensor and have another go!

Beautiful area of sky with a lot going on in the field

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

This is a lovely, somewhat understated, shot of a lovely subtle region, nice work Alex.

Mike

[TrevorW]

Nice one Alex