Fire and ice in the claw of the Scorpion: Sh2-1 with Pi Scorpii and LBN 1093 + by darkdesertdome + LRGB Ha7nm
Fire and ice in the claw of the Scorpion: Sh2-1 with Pi Scorpii and LBN 1093
Credit: by darkdesertdome
Fire and ice in the claw of the Scorpion: Sh2-1 with Pi Scorpii and LBN 1093
Rho Ophiuchi and the Blue Horsehead get all the attention (and for good reason), but Scorpius has some additional less-visited regions that are really quite striking. This image is mostly made up of unfiltered OSC data, but I also used my monochrome camera to capture some additional RGB, luminance, and Ha frames to give it a bit more punch.
►Equipment:
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100ED
Imaging Cameras: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro · ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Mounts: ZWO AM5
Filters
Optolong Blue 2" · Optolong Green 2" · Optolong H-Alpha 7nm 2" · Optolong Luminance 2" · Optolong Red 2"
Accessories Starizona Apex ED 0.65x L (ApexED-L) · ZWO ASIAIR Plus · ZWO EAF · ZWO EFW 7 x 2″
Software Adobe Photoshop · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Russell Croman Astrophotography BlurXTerminator · Russell Croman Astrophotography GradientXTerminator · Russell Croman Astrophotography NoiseXTerminator · Russell Croman Astrophotography StarShrink · Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses: ZWO 30mm Mini Guider Scope
Guiding Cameras: ZWO ASI290MM
►Acquisition details
Dates:
March 8 - 9, 2024
April 2 - 4, 2024
Frames:
93×300″(7h 45′)
Optolong Blue 2": 5×300″(25′)
Optolong Green 2": 8×300″(40′)
Optolong H-Alpha 7nm 2": 6×300″(30′)
Optolong Luminance 2": 33×300″(2h 45′)
Optolong Red 2": 8×300″(40′)
Integration: 12h 45′
Avg. Moon age: 25.31 days
Avg. Moon phase: 22.46%
RA center: 15h55m23s.85
DEC center: -25°46′08″.1
Pixel scale: 2.149 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 172.023 degrees
Field radius: 2.167 degrees
►More info:
Resolution: 6025x4026
File size: 138.8 MB
Locations: Observatorio de los Peloncillos, Bortle 1, Rodeo, NM, United States; Rental in Alpine TX, Bortle 3, Alpine, TX, United States; Rental in Terlingua, TX, Bortle 1, Terlingua, TX, United States
Data source: Traveller
