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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: Carole on May 28, 2017, 11:53:02

Title: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Carole on May 28, 2017, 11:53:02
Taken at Cairds over the weekend. 

LRGB
Lum 7 x 600secs
Red 9 x 150secs Binned x 2
Green 6 x 150 secs Binned x 2
Blue 12 x 150secs binned x 2
Baader filters

ED120 + FR x0.8
Atik314L
HEQ5

The new click lock I bought seems to have dealt with the tilt in the corners, but it doesn't fit the WOZS71. 
(http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/3ce616f7946df8028266a35ed571fa9c.1824x0_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-25_watermark_position-6_watermark_size-S_watermark_text-Carole%20Pope.jpg)


Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: The Thing on May 31, 2017, 14:38:34
Nice Carole, it must have been very low down at Cairds but you have managed to capture a lot of detail.
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Carole on May 31, 2017, 17:01:07
Thanks Duncan.  Yes pretty low, but there's a reasonably good Southern skyline there, just one of the reasons I like this camp. 

Carole
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Fay on May 31, 2017, 18:32:03
Very nice Carole, i did not rea;ise you could get this from our location
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Carole on May 31, 2017, 23:26:03
Thanks Fay,  its very low. I did it from Black lands with DSLR in the early days.

Carole
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Hugh on May 31, 2017, 23:28:08
Can anyone else see a cat's face in the purple section?

Hugh
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Carole on Jun 01, 2017, 00:34:06
Yes Hugh, always thought so.

Carole
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Hugh on Jun 01, 2017, 12:19:02
Thanks Carole ~ know I'm not going senile now!

Great pic with lots of almost invisible stars lurking in the background.

Hugh
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: MarkS on Jun 01, 2017, 22:36:37
That's a great result Carole.  You must have had a very clear night.  The Trifid and Lagoon can certainly be done from the UK but you need a night without any murk on the horizon.

I learned that lesson quite quickly when I moved to High Halden.  Some nights were rubbish and other nights were brilliant.

Mark
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Carole on Jun 02, 2017, 08:17:27
Thank you Mark.  They were a couple of great nights at Cairds. 

Carole
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Kenny on Jun 15, 2017, 12:54:12
Wow, really rich and detailed. Fantastic.
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Carole on Jun 15, 2017, 14:48:47
Thank you Kenny.`
Title: Re: M20 Trifid Nebula Cairds
Post by: Carole on Jul 19, 2017, 17:10:47
After seeing an image posted on another forum I decided my image looked far too washed out, so I did a bit of a re-process.

(http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/cec87d773736506c74106e39fd36e913.1824x0_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-25_watermark_position-6_watermark_size-S_watermark_text-Carole%20Pope.jpg)