Rho Ophiuchi Wide Field

[ASIGN_Baz]

Peering into the heart of the constellation Scorpius near the central bulge of our Milky Way galaxy, one is greeted with a more intimate view of the complexities of our neighbourhood. We see a mixture of dark dust lanes, vast clouds of interstellar matter, fine mists of countless stars and colourful emission and reflection nebula.

From another trip last night to the mountains near Canberra, (two this week...zzzz :wired: ) this is a stack of 8 x 5minute exposures from a Canon 5DMKII, using a Canon 70-200 f/4L at 70mm. I had it on an EQ6 German equatorial mount to track the stars for the duration.

[Dave]

I love this area of sky, and what a great picture.

It's a shame it's so low down for us here in the UK.

[ASIGN_Baz]

I love this area of sky, and what a great picture.

It's a shame it's so low down for us here in the UK.

Yep..that would suck.

[barkis]

IC6403 Is much too low for us high latituders Baz. so we are grateful that our Southern members are able to image these superb central galactic areas for us to enjoy.

It's a beauty too.

Ron.

[ASIGN_Baz]

Cheers Ron. I was just surprised and pretty chuffed to get this with a 70mm Canon lens.

Baz.

[ollypenrice]

Lovely result. We can struggle with it here in southern France but it is low and faint.

Beautiful.

Olly

[Steve 1962]

Beautiful image ..thanks for posting - having low hills to my south, I can't see it at all.

[peter shah]

my favourite bit of sky....shame it doesnt get high enough to image.....another corker Baz

[the 5th race]

wow great image

[ASIGN_Baz]

Thanks guys. Yeah, living in the southern hemisphere is hard to take...

Baz.

[Stargazer Jack]

Great picture, well done

[MikeWilson]

I am stunned! Gorgeous colours!

[Daniel-K]

Baz you must be vampire getting all these great images must take time, but its worth it your pictures are awsome

[markcol]

Super result Baz, oh to have that lot overhead...

Mark

[ASIGN_Baz]

Thanks again guys. I can't wait for the next new moon and some clear sky now the weather is barely starting to warm up.

[the 5th race]

wow great image so crisp and clear

[BobinKy]

The dark dust lanes are very well done. Thank you for sharing.