Antares rival of Mars

 

The red supergiant star Antares and globular star clusters Messier 4 and NGC6411. Canon 600d DSLR and 135mm Samyang lens on a Star Adventurer EQ mount. Credit Kurt Thrust.

"The star Antares in the constellation Scorpius, never gets very high above the southern horizon as viewed from the Jodrell Plank Observatory. We managed to get a window of opportunity for about forty minutes after midnight on the 13th of June. Antares and it's attendant globular star clusters, sit within part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex of gas and dust." - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.