Continuing to experiment with the 8" F10 SCT. This is M20 The Trifid Nebula, or angry cat nebula from some angles.
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Needs at least 10 hours to smooth out the noise but I'm still just mucking around at this stage to see what I can get.
Meade LX90 ACF 8" F10 SCT, Canon 1100Dfs, 600x30 seconds guided with PHD on a HEQ5 Pro.
The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region located in Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. Distance 5200 light years.
Large field at Astrobin --->
https://astrob.in/359647/0/