09 Feb 2023 - Winning Imagine Of Night Skies

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#TLPOD winning image (09/02/2023): IC 4605 RHO OPHIUCHI
Image processed by Garth Hunt, original data from Telescope Live.
The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a complex of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, particularly dark nebulae which are centered 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi of the constellation Ophiuchus. At an estimated distance of 131 ± 3 parsecs, or 460 light years, it is one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System.
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ABOUT THE IMAGE:
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED (AUS-2)
Filters: LRGB
Processing: Pixinsight (with AutoIntegrate.js)