Is there a Lagoon in my Trifid?

[Marko of Oz (Mark)]

Ok, so I haven't had my dsi-c for long and I thought I'd stick to M20 Trifid for a while so I could get a feel for the cam and software and sort of know if I was improving or getting worse.

Anyways after looking at my latest effort I got suspicious as to why I couldn't get the colors right compared to other pics I've seen and I think perhaps I've been imaging M8 Lagoon instead.

What do you think, Trifid or Lagoon?

[h0ughy (David)]

swampy - ok the triffid

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Marko of Oz

Ok, so I haven't had my dsi-c for long and I thought I'd stick to M20 Trifid for a while so I could get a feel for the cam and software and sort of know if I was improving or getting worse.

Anyways after looking at my latest effort I got suspicious as to why I couldn't get the colors right compared to other pics I've seen and I think perhaps I've been imaging M8 Lagoon instead.

What do you think, Trifid or Lagoon?

Trifid

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

definitely the triffid, but very out of focus.

[Marko of Oz (Mark)]

Have another look.
I've convinced myself it's Lagoon. Out of focus, over exposed even, but almost certainly Lagoon.
The second picture is the Lagoon Nebula I exported from my aging Starry Night Backyard. I can line up a lot of stars there with my picture that convince me I've been imaging the Lagoon Nebula.

I really need to work on my imaging ummm skills.

[Astroman (Andrew Wall)]

Went back and compared to one of my shots, yep definitely the Lagoon... I stand corrected....

[Garyh]

Def the lagoon! focus is out but colors look almost right!
cheers

[Dr Nick (Nick)]

Well, although it seems to take the other a bit to make up their mind (joking, fellas), thats a definate lagoon and you did a good gob capturing it, nice colours. Just need the focus right...

[Ric]

Hi Mark, it's a lagoon all right. I was imaging it last night so it's pretty well imprinted on my mind at the moment.

Cheers

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Oh Mark, its sad when its hard to tell what the object is. Get your S**t together dude, you can do better.

[bloodhound31]

The bow tie in the centre (and just about everything else in the picture) gives it away as the Lagoon. No mistaking it.

Baz.