First attempt at the Trifid with Veronica. The G11 and the motor focuser are really helping.
It's so low that I had to wait for it to rise above the doorway of the observatory,
then I just let it run for 2 hours, and ended up throwing away 12 frames (of 60) due to the object going behind
the pine, the palm, and the roof. But, 48 frames of 2 minutes is not too bad on the Trifid; I had enough
degrees of freedom to make the sky background go dark.
M20, The Trifid Nebula, Emission/Reflection Nebula in Sagittarius
I am continually amazed at how much data the modified camera is picking up down in the light polluted muck near the horizon.
The weird "box" artifact is from the application that I'm using for stacking the images; it just showed up recently and I haven't
figured out how to fix it yet. I'll reprocess when I figure out what's up.
Image was scaled to 50% ... because it looks better that way?
M20, The Trifid Nebula, Emission/Reflection Nebula in Sagittarius
Shot while up in Shingletown, CA during July 2005 and finally(!) processed and uploaded in August 2006...
The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius, M20
Film: E200
Camera: K-1000
Lens: ED80 (600mm f/7.5), prime focus
Guiding: ST-4
Exposure: 12min
Date: September 12, 2004