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M8 and M20

Camera

Canon 20Da

Date 7 September 2005
Description Taken from our driveway, unguided, through the TV 85 with the Tele Vue 0.80x field flattener and an IDAS light pollution filter.
Processing Stacked 5 exposures of 2.5 minutes each in Images Plus. No flat frames, dark frames, or noise reduction. These were all unguided shots using the Losmandy G11 mount.  North is to the right.  M8 (the Lagoon Nebula) is on the left and M20 (the Trifid Nebula) is on the right. You can also see M21 (an open cluster of stars) on the far right. An amazing amount of detail from a digital camera.