Scorpius never rises very high in this part of the world. As a consequence, diffraction and light pollution makes imaging the Antares Nebula challenging. Initially this photograph covered a very wide field but a large section had to be cropped. Antares, Messier 4, the Rho Ophiuchi Nebula, and a number of dark nebulae are but some of the objects of interest. This region of the sky is one that I will surely be revisiting in the near future.

Date: June 3, 2011
Location: Pearson College Observatory, Metchosin, BC
Optics: Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM
Mount: Takahashi EM-11
Camera: Hutech modified Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 30 RAW light frames of 60 seconds, f/2.0, ISO100
Processing: Light frames calibrated with dark frames in ImagesPlus. Light frames normalized and combined using MinMax Excluded.