trifid and lagoon widefield qld astrofest

[alan meehan]

Well i did not get to much imaging in at astrofest but this was done on my
new ioptron 18min6frames 3min roughly polar aligned using 400d

AL

[RickS]

You got M16 and M17 down the bottom of the frame as well. Nicely done, Alan!

I'm still processing my data from last weekend. If I'd known how dim NGC 7424 was I might have chosen another target :lol:

Cheers,
Rick.

[peterl]

Good shot Al.
A few objects in there, in an interesting area of sky.

[mithrandir]

Nicely done Alan. According to astrometry.net:

Your field contains:
Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr)
Part of the constellation Serpens (Ser)
The star Alnasl
The star Media
The star Kaus Borealis
NGC 6383
NGC 6494 / M 23
NGC 6514 / M 20 / Trifid nebula
NGC 6526
NGC 6523 / Hourglass nebula / Lagoon nebula / M 8
IC 4701
NGC 6604
NGC 6611 / Eagle nebula / M 16
NGC 6618 / M 17 / Omega nebula
IC 4715
NGC 6656 / M 22

That only includes named stars and it doesn't know how to report any dark nebulae.

[naskies]

Nice shot, Alan.

[iceman]

Very nice Al!

[RB]

Gorgeous Al, this field never ceases to amaze me !

:)

[gregbradley]

Great shot Al. Its such a rich area with that golden glow. Its hard to imagine that being composed of individual stars.

Greg.

[jjjnettie]

Gorgeous, rich colours there Al. :)

[ourkind]

Excellent!

[alan meehan]

Thanks guys ,andrew i didnt realize that there was that much in there Thanks
AL

[h0ughy]

did well Al - lovely result