Beautiful Flower of Sagittarius

M 20 - Trifid Nebula, M21 Open Cluster in Sagittarius

Beautiful Flower of Sagittarius
Éder Iván
M20, Trifid-köd
M20, Trifid Nebula

Wider field of view here

Image details

Instrument:
200/750 Newton, Paracorr Type-II (860mm effective focal length)
Camera:
Home-modified Canon EOS 550D
Mount:
SkyWatcher EQ6 + Boxdörfer DynoStar
Guiding:
9x50mm SkyWatcher finder scope (50/180mm), Lacerta-MGen autoguider
Exposure time, filters:
86x5 min (7h 10m total) @ ISO 1600
Location, date:
Hakos astrofarm, Namibia (1835m); 2012.06.17.
Observing conditions:
Transparency: 10/10, Seeing: 7/10, Temperature: +4°C
Processing:
ImagesPlus, Registar, Photoshop

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