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The Rho (ρ) Ophiuchi cloud complex is a dark nebula of gas and dust that is located 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi of the constellation Ophiuchus. This cloud covers an angular area of 4.5° × 6.5° on the celestial sphere. The distance from the Earth is about 400 million light years.Ιn this area have been found for the first time in interstellar space of hydrogen peroxide . The discovery gives clues about the chemical link between two molecules critical for life water and oxygen. |
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Lovation / Date |
Mt Parnon 30 June & 1-2 July 2011 |
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Telescopes |
TS APO65Q 65/420 f6,5 - Astro-Tech APO65Q 65/420 f6,5 - TS Individual ED APO 70/420mm f,6 - TeleVue NP 101is with TV Focal Reducer f4,5 |
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EQ Mounts |
2 Sky Watcher EQ6 Pro & 2 EQ6 Pro |
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Cameras |
QHY9 KAF 8300 mono CCD,2 QHY9 , ATIK 383L, SBIG ST-8300 |
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Filters / Exposure time |
L 80x600 sec bin 1x , RGB 48x300 bin 2x |
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Total Exposure Time |
40 ~ Hours |
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Software |
Nebulosity 2, Deep Sky Stacker, Maxim DL, CCD Stack, Pixinshight, Photoshop CS5. |
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The Image is taken in Mt Parnon at 1420m from 4 members of AstroVoxAstrophotography Team and it is mosaic of 4 parts. Participated in Project Aggelos Kechagias, Farmakopoulos Antonis, Evangelos Souglakos, Dagioglou Elias and Stella Soultou which provided their telescope in order to have the same focal length. For full size (50mb) download from here |
