Observation by Nick Hewitt: Saturn rides the Dark Horse in Ophiuchus

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2017 May 31 - 01:07

Uploaded

2017 Jun 12 - 08:17

Objects

Antares
Saturn

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Constellation

Ophiuchus

Field centre

RA: 16^h55^m
Dec: -28°29'
Position angle: -9°56'

Field size

24° × 16°

Equipment

50mm fixed Canon lens at f4
Canon D60A
Star Adventurer mount
IDAS filter

Exposure

175sec x 3

Location

Kos, Greece

Target name

Saturn, the Dark Horse/Pipe nebula and Antares

Title

Saturn rides the Dark Horse in Ophiuchus

About this image

A favorite area that eludes me in the UK. Antares to the right with Barnard 44 streaming to the east. The huge complex of dark nebulae best known as the Pipe (Barnard dark nebulae 65,66,67 and 77, 78) but this centres on a larger area of obscuration known as the Dark Horse. Saturn is east of this. Within the field are many Messier objects best seen from this latitude (37 degrees north)

Files associated with this observation

Antares and Saturn 20170531 50mmf4 IDAS 175s x 3 NDH.jpg (1.9 MB)

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