Hi guys
This started out as a quick run at the end of an imaging session while I waited for Jupiter to rise.. I saw M8/M20 was rising, only about 25-30deg at the time but I set up a run and went back to bed for a couple of hours until Jupiter was up higher.
It's only 42mins worth of exposure (7 x 6 minutes), but i'm really happy with how it turned out. I took a lot of time in processing this image, with a lot of selective processing, selective high pass filtering, selective levels and curves, etc. I feel like i'm finally starting to get the hang of this DSO stuff.
I used Jase's
beautiful image to guide me to know when I'd done enough processing
Unmodded Canon 350D + ED80 + WO 0.8x reducer. Guided with PHD + DMK. Darks with ICNR, flats calibrated in ImagesPlus.
Unfortunately the WO was not square or something, so there's horrible elongated stars in the corners.
Attached is a small version, but it's best to look at the 1200px wide less compressed version:
M20 (Trifid) and M8 (Lagoon) Nebulas (Click the image to see the full size).
I really can't wait to give this another go at SPSP, when it's rising higher, under very dark skies, and I can give it loads more exposure time.
Thanks for looking.