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Dr Ski
Valencia, Philippines
05/11/2019
02:00 am

Equipment Details:

Canon EOS M10
80mm, f2. 0
10s, ISO3200

Image Details:

I cut my Astronomy teeth in the mid-Northern latitudes, where the Scorpion's tail never got above 10° in altitude. I never saw the sheer beauty of this region until I moved to the Tropics. In this image the Scorpion's stinger (Shaula and Lesath) is 43° above the horizon. What a great mix of spectral types and clusters!