IC 4604 and IC 4603 (IC4604, IC4603) Pictures
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Rho Ophiuchi Nebula, IC 4604 to the left, and IC 4603 to the Right

These nebulae are in Ophiuchus technically, but they are very near Scorpius and Antares.   You can see that from left to right, the sky begins to show the distinctive yellow area near Antares.  See below for more links to this most colorful area of the sky.

Image Details: 9x4 = 28 total minutes exposure on 4/29/2006 at HAS site near Columbus, TX, USA.  4/30 by the time this was taken around 3:30 in the morning.  Canon EOS 20Da (unmodified), Takahashi TOA 130 (a 5" APO refractor), Losmandy G-11 mount.    My current image processing workflow is here.

Southern Scorpius: Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6634

  The other HAS Pix from 4/29/2006 are here.