Wednesday 5 July 2023

Scorpius the Scorpion (or at least part of it)

Part of the Constellation Scorpio showing Acrab Graffias Beta and Dschubba Icklarkrau Delta Scorpi and the double star Jabhat Acrabi 1 and 2 - Canon 600d DSLR and Sigma wide angle lens at f=10mm - a stack of 10x30sec lights at ISO800. Final image cropped. Credit: Pip Stakkert.

                 

Part of the constellation Scorpius (Sco) showing the following:
The star Acrab
Graffias
Akrab (β1 Sco
8 Sco A)
The star Dschubba
Iclarkrau (δ Sco
7 Sco)
The star Jabbah (ν Sco
14 Sco)
The star Jabhat Acrabi I (ω1 Sco
9 Sco)
The star Jabhat Acrabi II (ω2 Sco
10 Sco)
The star β2 Sco
8 Sco B
IC 4592

                  Credit: Astrometry Net

" The constellation Scorpius never rises high above our southern horizon here in Lowestoft. Pipp has made a valiant effort to capture some of the nebulosity that abounds in and around this constellation but has had a difficult job combatting the sky glow and light pollution that exists at low southern declinations. A hint of the reflection nebula IC4592 (the Blue Horsehead  Nebula may be seen in the upper left of our image)". - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

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