Eyes Full Of Stars

This week, let’s turn our attention to the southern horizon and explore the summer constellation Scorpius. Located in the direction of center of the Milky Way galaxy, this part of the sky is rich with star clusters and nebulae. I love to spend a lazy evening scanning around this area with binoculars.

Get out and face south and look for a lopsided ‘T’ pattern of stars. This area forms the top of the body, the head and the claws of the scorpion.

A couple of weeks ago, I managed to get out and attempt more imaging. This time, I used a scope and mount set-up that I obtained 4 years ago. My original intention was to make  it my main imaging rig. But, I had some mechanical details to get sorted out. By selling off old astronomy gear I don’t use any more, I financed improvements for the mount and got it in top shape.