M20 Trifid Nebula from South Coast

[Startrek]

Captured my first Nebula in the Sagittarius group for this year , M20 the Trifid Nebula on Saturday night.
Again a beautiful clear night with good conditions in the Shoalhaven, I decided to wait until the moon almost set at around 10.00pm before starting
Finished subs around 2.30am and darks at 4.00am ( long night )
8” f5 Bintel newt on an EQ6-R Mount
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector
51 x 4 minute dithered guided subs
30 x darks
ISO 800 ( sensor electronics running at 23degC )
Medium dither
Semi Auto meridian flip
PHD2 guiding at 0.90 to 1.00 arc sec error total
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Frame, focus and capture BYEOS
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.5 Linear data set

Comments always welcome

Thanks

[cometcatcher]

That's very nice Martin. :thumbsup:

[RyanJones]

Hi Martin,

I’m loving the clarity of the star fields in all of your recent work and this one is no different. Really nice, soft and natural colours too. Nice work :)

Cheers

Ryan

[Startrek]

Thanks Kevin and Ryan
I tend to hold off a bit with the colour module as it tends to mask some detail but on the other hand detracts from the wow factor of Nebula, so I guess it’s a balancing act like most things in processing
It’s such a great compact object to image covering dark, emission and reflection nebulosity
Thanks again !

[xelasnave]

Great job there Martin very impressive to say the least.
Alex

[Sunfish]

Great colour in the object and all the stars and a lot of detail. I will have to try that selection but it would seem to take a lot of time to get anywhere close.

[Startrek]

Thanks Alex and Ray
It was one of those nights where everything went like clockwork
I don’t t think any more data would have improved the result especially using a noisy DSLR
One of my favourite Nebulas
Cheers

[LostInSp_ce]

Beautiflly captured and processed. A really clean image and not overly saturated. The stars as always are pinpoint. Great work again Martin! :thumbsup:

[Startrek]

Thanks LIS
Imaging under great skies helps a lot
Cheers