Object: Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
Date: 6/05/08 ~3 - 4am CST
Location:Texas Star Party - near Fort Davis, Tx.
Guiding: Camera was mounted side by side on a G11 mount with a TV85 refractor guided using an ST10.
Camera: Modified Canon 350XT using a Canon 200mm lens stopped to f/3.5
Exposure: 20 x 3 minute, ISO800
Processing: Registered and stacked (Sigma Clipped Median) in ImagesPlus. Final levels and curves in PS. 
Comments: These are two if the showpiece nebulae of the summer skies. The Lagoon (M8) on the left and the Trifid (M20) to the right are star forming regions framed against the backdrop of the Milkyway's swriling dust and shimmering star clouds..

© Dave Dockery 2008