Star Nursery

At a distance of about 460 light-years, the cloud of gas and dust around the star Rho Ophiuchi is one of the closest star-forming regions to our Solar System. The cloud fills an area of sky 4.5×6.5 degrees.

The data was captured with three different observations using the Takahashi FSQ-106ED 10-cm telescope at Heaven’s Mirror Observatory in Australia over the telescope.live website.

The images were captured through red, green, and blue filters plus a clear “luminance” filter. After downloading he raw data, I combined the images using Pixinsight, Photoshop, and Luminar 4 to produce the color image.

~ by Rsmith on June 6, 2021.

2 Responses to “Star Nursery”

  1. Amazing! Your works at the coop are very impressive!

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  2. Love to see what you do with the coloring of sky and clouds.

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