The region around the vicinity of Antares is one of the most beautiful and colorful regions of the entire night sky. It contains many examples of emission and reflection nebulae along with dust lanes obscuring the background stars, and several star clusters. The yellow giant Antares is the brightest star and it is surrounded by an emission nebula and a rare and beautiful yellow reflection nebula. Rho Ophiuchus consists of three stars surrounded by a large blue reflection nebula (IC 4604). The dark dust lanes can be seen east of this region. The small bluish reflection nebula to the north of Antares is IC 4605, reflecting the light from the 4.5 mag. star 22 Scorpious. The bright star Al Nyat (Sigma Scorpii) is surrounded by the bright emission nebula Sh2-9. Justbelow this is the bright globular cluster M4. Also close to Antares is the small globular cluster NGC 6144.

Telescope: Askar FRA300pro f5
Mount: Astro Physics Mach-1
Camera: ZWO ASI6200MC pro
Guider: ZWO Off-Axis-Guider / ZWO120MM Mini
Filters: None. Integrated ZWO UV/IR Cut Filter Cover

126×5 mins = 630 mins

Total Imaging Time: 10h 30m

Data Imaged remotely on 9 nights during April & May 2026.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.

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