M8 and M20
Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
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| Other names: |
Lagoon Nebula (NGC6523) and Trifid Nebula (NGC 6514) |
| Optics: |
Stellarvue SV80S at f/4.8 |
| Mount: |
Mountain Instruments MI-250 w/Gemini on ATS pier |
| Camera: |
Canon 20D [ Hutech Type I ] |
| Exposure: |
8 minutes [ 4 x 2 minutes ] at ISO 800 |
| Accessories: |
TeleVue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener [ TRF-2008 ] | Canon TC-80N3 |
| Location: |
Landers, CA [ GMARS ] |
| Date |
September 16, 2006 |
| Notes: |
Processing: Image acquisition with EOS Capture. Aligned, combined, levels, curves, unsharp mask in Photoshop. No dark frames. No flat frames.
M8 (The Lagoon Nebula) and M20 (The Trifid Nebula) are gaseous regions amidst dense star fields all within the constellation Sagittarius.
See my attempt to image this same area from home.
Click the image for a larger version (1600 x 1200, ~1.1 MB).
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