The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
Good seeing finally allowed me to capture the region east of the Lagoon Nebula on Friday night.
Also framed in this wide field is M21 which is located north-east of the M20.
M8 and M20 – June 28, 2008
Constellation: Sagittarius
Location: Pearson College
Optics: Borg 77EDII at f/4.3 on Vixen GP/DX
Camera: Canon 20Da
Exposures: 63 light frames of 60 sec, ISO 800.
Process: Calibrated with 30 dark frames and 20 flat frames in ImagesPlus. Combined using MinMax Excluded. Colour balance in Photoshop.