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M20 M21 M8 - ED80 Refractor captured in Switzerland, Xsplendor
M20 M21 M8 - ED80 Refractor captured in Switzerland
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M20 M21 M8 - ED80 Refractor captured in Switzerland

M20 M21 M8 - ED80 Refractor captured in Switzerland, Xsplendor
M20 M21 M8 - ED80 Refractor captured in Switzerland
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M20 M21 M8 - ED80 Refractor captured in Switzerland

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These Deepsky objects near Sagittarius seems to be very difficult to catch from central europe, because they never rise very high over the horizon.

I (as Sagittarius zodiacal sign) accepted the challenge!

I drove two times to a pass in central switzerland, where the light pollution in the south is quite low.

The first night after 1h clouds closed the view on Sagittarius, so i decided to make a second session a few days later. Luckily we had a clear sky at the upcoming Saturday 09.07.2016

A closer view to my M8 picture you could find here (M20/M21 see link above):

http://www.xsplendor.ch/astrofotografie.php?Page=DeepSky&Object=M8

23 x 7min 3s Lightframes, Total = 2h 41min 57s

37 x Biasframes 30x Flatframes 23x Darkframes

Canon EOS 60D mod.

Skywatcher ED 80/600 APO Refractor

AZ-EQ6 Mount

MGEN Autoguider

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M20 M21 M8 - ED80 Refractor captured in Switzerland, Xsplendor