Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

[SB]

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
Taken with Askar FMA180 on the Central Queensland Coast north of Rockhampton. Completely dark sky with no light pollution. This is a mosaic with three parts (each part with an exposure of 40 subs x300 seconds. ASI183MC Pro with UV/IR cut filter.

Thumbnail below is a very small section of the whole image. See https://www.astrobin.com/full/f7kbes/0/ for full higher resolution image.

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[ChrisD]

The astrobin image is stunning. The detail in the dark nebula, and the dense background of stars, outstanding.

Are you tempted to continue the mosaic?

Chris

[PKay]

Nice one Chris.

Don't know if you use Photoshop, but if you do:

Reduce the lightness, add some contrast.
Saturation up a tad.

When submitting to IIS, make your JPEG file about 1Mbyte, and let the server downsize.

Great work :thumbsup:

[AdamJL]

Oh one of my favourite parts of the sky. There's just so much going on! Lovely shot, Chris. Great work.

[SB]

Thanks everyone. Peter I followed your suggestions and it does make an improvement. Cheers!

SB