Image collection based on the sky tour "Bearing summertime deep sky gifts" featured in the Jul 2012 edition of Astronomy Now. Comprising star clusters, double stars and planetary nebula in the constellation Ophiuchus.

	1. Barnard 72 - Dark Nebula  (not yet imaged)
	2. NGC 6369 - Planetary Nebula (Little Ghost Nebula)
	3. M107 - Globular Cluster
	4. RS Ophiuchi - Variable Star (not yet imaged)
	5. M10 - Globular Cluster
	6. M12 - Globular Cluster
	7. 70 Ophiuchi - Double Star
	8. IC 4664 - Open Cluster (not yet imaged)

NGC 6369 / Herschel IV-11 (Ophiuchus)

CCD Image (70% size reduction) 8 x 20s sec exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C Filter 2009-05-26 23:37 h UT (#369086-88) 12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME Image at just 6 deg above SSE horizon

NGC 6369 - detail

CCD Image (150% size enlargement, cropped) Image details as above

M107 (Ophiuchus)

CCD Image  5 x 60s exposure (average combine), 2x2 binning, C filter,   2007-04-05  03:39 h UT (#189333-37) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

M10  (Ophiuchus)

CCD Image  4 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14  21:40 h UT (#92063-67) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

M12  (Ophiuchus)

CCD Image  5 x 20 sec exposure (average), clear filter 2005-08-14  21:51 h UT (#92072-76) 8" LX200 classic + ST-7e

70 Ophiuchi (Ophiuchus) This star is a binary system lying 17 light years from Earth The system has an orbital period of 88 years, with  the pair swinging between 1.6 and 7.0 arc secs [ Astronomy Now magazine, June 2006 ]

Ophiuchi 70 (Ophiuchus) - Close up, colour view The following image shows the two components as two distinct objects separated  by around 5 arc secs and having noticeably different colours. Primary star : Yellowish (catalog mag +4.2),    Secondary star : Reddish (catalog mag +5.9) Measured Separation 5.2 +/- 0.5 arc sec, PA : 138 deg +/- 5 deg FWHM 4.5 arc secs

Approximate colour CCD Image (300% size) Red : 3 x 10s exposure (average combine), R Filter  Green : 3 x 10s exposure (average combine), V Filter  Blue : 3 x 20s exposure (average combine), B Filter  1 x1 binning 2006-05-24 23:18 hUT (#127100-108)

Ophiuchi 70 (Ophiuchus)  and neighbouring stars  Ophiuchi 70 and some of the neighbouirng stars comprise the multiple star Struve 2272 The following image shows the Ophiuchi  70 as a bright single object,  due to the white-black range used to show the faint neighbouring stars.

CCD Image (50% size) 3 x 5s exposure (average combine), 1x1 binning, C Filter  2006-05-24 23:18 hUT (#127097-99)