With the recent Solar events out of the way, I made my second trip out to a dark sky to do some deep-space imaging. It was a beautifully clear, so much so that I got distracted just taking wide Milkyway shots
I did however also manage to get about 30mins (45sec subs) of data on the Trifid and Lagoon Nebulas. Here are the results, all shot with a Canon 500D either through Skywatcher 100ED on CG5, or with Canon EF-S 18-135mm @ 18mm f/3.5.
Unfortunately the city's sky glow entered a few of the shots and my polar align could have been better.. I'll get to guiding one day, but for now I've still got learning and improving to do without it.
Thanks for looking