Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  19 Sco  ·  20 Sco)  ·  21 Sco)  ·  22 Sco  ·  5 Oph  ·  Al Niyat (σ Sco  ·  Alniyat I  ·  Cor Scorpii  ·  IC 4603  ·  IC 4604  ·  IC 4605  ·  Kalb al Akrab (α Sco  ·  M 4  ·  NGC 6121  ·  NGC 6144  ·  The star Alniyat  ·  The star Antares  ·  The star i Sco  ·  The star ο Sco  ·  The star ρ Oph  ·  Vespertilio  ·  rho Oph Nebula
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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, Paul Nelson
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, Paul Nelson
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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

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I've wanted to photograph the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex for a while, but it isn't particularly high in the sky even in Mid-Summer and I can't see it from my house due to trees, so I drove a few miles from my house and set up on the edge of a drop-off where I could see it .

On 6/13/21
-Canon 5DIV and 500mm f/4L was on CEM25, unguided
-Canon 5DII and 400mm f/5.6L was on SkyGuider Pro, unguided

On 6/16/21
-Canon 5DIV and 500mm f/4L was on CEM25, guided
-Canon 60D and 70-200 f/2.8L was on SkyGuider Pro

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Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex, Paul Nelson