Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | IC 4603 (center) and IC 4604 (surroundings) |
| Constellation | Ophiuchus (Oph) |
| Description | Possibly the most colorful patch of the night sky, this magnificent but very faint nebulosity is the central part of the much larger Rho Oph complex that includes mag 4.5 Rho (in the blue emission nebula just off to the left), mag 1.0 Antares and globular cluster M4, both off to the right (south) of this 110 x 75 arcmin field of view. |
| Exposure | LRGB 80:60:50:80 min @ -18°C, all 1x1 |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XE selfguided, CFW-8, SBIG (CS) LRGB Filterset |
| Optics | Astro-Physics AP105 Traveler with 0.75x reducer (467mm FL - f/4.45) |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, DeBloomer, Sigma Beta, Registar, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 20Jul2003 - 00:30 to 06:30 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 6, Seeing 5, Temperature +11°C |
