Astrophotos

Location: Mount Pinos, CA
Date: June 7-8, 2002
Subject: Antares and Rho Ophiuchus
Exposure: Combination of 3 45-min. exposures adjusted in Adobe Photoshop and SGBNR
Telescope: Megrez 80mm @ f/5
Mount: Losmandy GM-8
Guiding: ST-4 autoguider
Film: Fuji Super HQ 100
Comments: The vast area of bother reflection and emission nebulosities surrounding Antares in Scorpius (the bright orange star towards the lower left) and Rho Ophiuchus near the top. The bright globular cluster to the right of Antares is M4 and the smaller and fainter globular NGC 6144. A far as I know, the nebulosity in the photo cannot be seen visually in a telescope and is barely visible when looking at the original negatives is this image through a lupe.