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Starscape Imaging

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY BY  JON TALBOT

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Area around the Rho Ophiuchi Nebula

About this Object
This image is a the area around the Rho Ophiuchi Nebula in the constellation Scopius. The image covers 18X12 deg around the most colorful region of the sky and just west of the Milky Way in Scorpius.

• Optics : Canon 70-200 mm L series lens @ 70mm f 5.6
  
• Mount: Astro Trac
  
• Camera: Modified Canon 350D
  
• Filters: None
  
• Exposure: 16 exposures @ 4min
  
• Camera/Mount Control: Interval timer
  
• Location: Stellarvue Deep Sky Party, Likely CA
  
• Date: July 2011
  

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