To obtain this image I pointed my camera at the centre of our galaxy. It is an area rich in both emission and dark nebulae. The Lagoon Nebula M8, the Trifid Nebula M20, the globular clusters M28 and M22, the open clusters M23 and M25, the star cloud M24, the Swan Nebula M17, and the Eagle Nebula M16 are some of the objects visible in this picture.
Date: August 15, 2012
Location: Pearson College Observatory, Metchosin, BC
Optics: Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/85mm
Mount: Mount: Takahashi EM-11
Camera: Hutech modified Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 17 light frames of 60 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 800
Processing: Light frames calibrated with dark frames in ImagesPlus. Light frames normalized and combined using MinMax Excluded.