{"id":237,"date":"2006-02-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/25\/ophiuchus_sagit\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T23:32:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T23:32:34","slug":"ophiuchus_sagit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/25\/ophiuchus_sagit\/","title":{"rendered":"Ophiuchus, Sagittarius, Scorpius Milky Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006022504_OphiuchusLG.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2006022504A')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2006022504A')\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006022504_OphiuchusA.jpg\" name=\"img2006022504A\" alt=\"Step 1\" border=\"1\" color=\"FFFFFF\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n<!--\nsetrollover(\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2006\/img2006022504_OphiuchusB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!-- br--><\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over image for labels. Click image for larger, unlabeled version.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Near the end of a great all-night observing session, the Milky Way was an impressive sight along the eastern horizon. I wanted to catch some of the dark nebulae in Ophiuchus, particularly the Pipe Nebula. The main portions of this nebula include Barnard 59, the stem of the pipe; Barnard 78, the bowl of the pipe; and Barnard 77, the smoke emerging from the pipe. I made a naked eye sketch of the area, including Ophiuchus, Scorpius, Libra, and a bit of Sagittarius. M8 and M24 showed up as bright patches in the ribbon of dark splitting the Milky Way in this area. Antares was an eye-catching orange, and Jupiter a brilliant ivory. A jagged base of ponderosa trees frames the bottom of the view.<br \/>\nI had borrowed some diopter flippers from my optometrist, and they helped immensely to view this area without a telescope or binoculars. Stars were much clearer, and definition in the Milky Way easier to discern. The sketch was made on black paper with what I thought was a white pencil. After dawn added some light to my notes, I discovered the sketch was made with yellow pencil (which looks white under a red light =). The scanned image has been adjusted back to a more natural color.<\/p>\n<table width=\"470\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding-left=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Ophiuchus, Sagittarius and Scorpius Milky Way<br \/>\nB56, B77, B78, M8, M24, Jupiter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Classification*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Misc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Position*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>February 25, 2006 &#8211; 04:00 AM MST<br \/>\n(February 25, 2006 &#8211; 11:00 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Anderson Mesa, AZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Naked Eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-.75 diopter flippers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Clear, calm, 18\u00c2\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>3-4\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Mag 6.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ophiuchus, Sagittarius, Scorpius Milky Way<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,16,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constellation","category-deep-sky","category-diffuse-nebula"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":232,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/24\/observing_repor_6\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":0},"title":"Observing Report &#8211; February 24\/25, 2006","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"20060224","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Observing Report&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Observing Report","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/observing-report\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":268,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2008\/05\/17\/ngc_6520_and_ba\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":1},"title":"NGC 6520 and Barnard 86","author":"jperez1690","date":"May 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"NGC 6520 and Barnard 86","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deep Sky&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deep Sky","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/deep-sky\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/23\/planning_a_majo\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":2},"title":"Planning a Major Observing Night","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 23, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"20060223","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":195,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/10\/02\/m9\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":3},"title":"Messier 9","author":"jperez1690","date":"October 2, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"M009","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deep Sky&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deep Sky","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/deep-sky\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":233,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/02\/24\/barnard_34\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":4},"title":"Barnard 34","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Barnard 034","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deep Sky&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deep Sky","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/deep-sky\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":478,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/07\/01\/drawn_to_the_un_3\/","url_meta":{"origin":237,"position":5},"title":"Drawn to the UniverseJUL 2009 &#8211; Barnard 142\/143","author":"jperez1690","date":"July 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The July issue of Astronomy Now is available. 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