M8 and M20
Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
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| Other names: |
Lagoon Nebula (NGC6523) and Trifid Nebula (NGC6514) |
| Optics: |
Takahashi FSQ-106ED at f/5 |
| Mount: |
Mountain Instruments MI-250 w/Gemini on ATS pier |
| Camera: |
Canon EOS 20D [ Hutech Type I ] |
| Exposure: |
11 minutes [ 22 x 30 seconds ] at ISO 800 |
| Accessories: |
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| Location: |
Joshua Tree, CA [ Cottonwood Springs ] |
| Date |
June 16, 2007 |
| Notes: |
Processing: Image acquisition with EOS Capture. Aligned and combined with ImagesPlus 2.8. Levels, curves, unsharp mask, resized in Photoshop. No flat frames. Uncropped.
M8 (The Lagoon Nebula) and M20 (The Trifid Nebula) are gaseous regions amidst dense star fields all within the constellation Sagittarius.
I had a driver issue which prevented me from taking exposures longer than 30 seconds. On my previous attempt, I didn't have a guide scope. One of these days, I'm going to get a long integration of this region! See my previous attempt of this same area using a Stellarvue SV80S.
Click the image for a larger version (1800 x 1200, ~3.0 MB).
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