M20 Trifid Nebula last night
Another great night on the South Coast NSW last night , imaged in Sagittarius again , this time M20 Trifid Nebula, a great target with emission, reflection and dark nebula all thrown in plus an incredible star field as a backdrop. Captured this object back in June during a waxing moon but wasn’t that happy with the result using the L Extreme
NexDome Obs
8”f5 GSO newt with Baader MPCC Mk3 coma corrector
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom to highest dynamic range Gain 0 , cooled to -10C
No filters required on this target during the dark
45 x 3 minute dithered guided subs
Tracking and Goto EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
Captured in APT
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.75 arc sec error total )
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 Linear data set OSC RGB
Comments welcome
Thanks
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