Wallpaper author:
Dave Larkin
01 Jan 2026
RHO OPHIUCHI
Its recognized as one of the most colourful regions in the sky,IC4605 a reflection nebula around the Star i Scorpii within the Rho Ophiuchi Molecular Cloud along with the Globular Cluster M4 below ,This is a RGB image processed in Astro Pixel Processor with further processing in Pixinsight.....
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 4592 Mosaic
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Reflection Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ML16200
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 244.7875 Dec -20.73083
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................19 Aug 2022 - 02 Sept 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Luminance | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Green | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |
| Blue | 600 | 1h40m | 10 |