M8 and M20
Short image under heavy light pollution — Test Image
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| Other names: |
Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20) |
| Optics: |
Stellarvue SV80S at f/4.8 |
| Mount: |
Mountain Instruments MI-250 on ATS pier |
| Camera: |
Canon 20D [ Hutech Type I ] |
| Exposure: |
5 minutes [ 10 x 30 seconds ] at ISO 200 |
| Accessories: |
TeleVue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener [ TRF-2008 ] | IDAS LPS 2" filter |
| Location: |
Ontario, CA |
| Date |
September 18, 2006 |
| Notes: |
Processing: Combine, levels and curves adjustment layers, crop, and resize in Photoshop CS2.
This is a 5 minute image taken to see what I could capture in that amount of time under my extreme light pollution. I obviously have some processing techniques to work on and need more exposure time, but with some practice, I might be able to do some actual imaging from home with this camera.
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