A massive star formation region in the Milky Way's satellite galaxy, The large Magellanic Cloud. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 10 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 120 DARK @ 120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 Some focus drift and non-flatness evident in the sequence. 300 sec quite noisy images. DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 85% of 13 Images ISO 800 300 Sec, 121 DARK @120 Sec, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Noise Ninja Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Tele Vue 2X PowerMate, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 53' x 80' , Ambient 8-7C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Orion ShortTube 80 with Starlight Xpress Superstar Auto Guider and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
The Trifid Nebula is a star formation region about 5200 Light years away in the constellation Sagittarius. The Pinkish/red Hydrogen emission nebula contrasts to the blue reflection nebula behind. The three dark nebula dust lanes in the emission nebula give this its 'Trifid' name DeepSkyStacker 3.3.3b51 Stacked 75% of 19 Images ISO 800 60 Sec, 32 DARK @120 sec, 75 BIAS, 0 FLATS, Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS5 and with Noise Ninja Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64' x 95', Ambient 13C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Teleskop Service OAG9 Off Axis Guider with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
Telescope - Bintel BT200 f/4.0 Newtonian (borrowed from Stephen Boyd) with Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech IDAS LPS-P2 filter, Canon 40D DSLR field 64' x 95', Ambient 13C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS 2.09 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro. Guidescope - Teleskop Service OAG9 Off Axis Guider with Starlight Xpress Superstar (mono) CCD guide camera and Stark Labs PHD auto guiding software.
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