Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. (IC 4605)

Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. (IC 4605)
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Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. (IC 4605)

I probably will never be able to say it right, and I can't shot it from home. Being at 53 degrees north the highest this gets at it's peak is 22 degrees above the horizon. That combined with southern trees total blocks my view of this wonderful part of the night sky. I was happy to see it come up in the data sets, and I have been trying to do the best I can to get it to look ok. I found this to be one of the most challenging things I have processed.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Nikon 200 F/2
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
FLI ML 16200
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Rio Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Published May 8, 2021
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Astrodon
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Pixinsight + Photoshop
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Outstanding processing Chris, this is the hardest target I have ever tried to process. As I am in the Southern Hemisphere and can see this very well, I have just finished around 20 hours of 5 minute subs on this nebula, just struggling now to get it processed!

Hey Ray, thanks for the kind words. With all the masks I had open in pix, and different versions on the screen... I probably couldn't duplicate this final image if I treid, and it would come out a different way I'd bet! Definitely a hard one. 20 hours is a lot of time on target, and I wish you well in the post processing of your data. Clear skies.