Sagitarius Wonderland (Marco van der Kooij)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: Checkmark Nebula · Eagle Nebula · IC 1274 · IC 1283 · IC 1284 · IC 4685 · IC 4701 · IC 4715 · IC 4725 · Lagoon Nebula · Lobster Nebula · M 16 · M 17 · M 20 · M 22 · M 23 · M 24 · M 25 · M 8 · NGC 6494 · NGC 6514 · NGC 6523 · NGC 6526 · NGC 6559 · NGC 6611 · NGC 6618 · NGC 6656 · Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr) · Small Sgr Star Cloud · Swan Nebula · And 12 more.

Sagitarius Wonderland, Marco van der Kooij

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Sagitarius Wonderland

This is the first posting after experimenting for a few months to optimize the use of my new full-frame QHY367C. I am planning to acquire HaRGB. I managed to optimize for TEC-140 plus my new QuadTCC which gives me a very nice wide view of 2 x 3 degrees. I also managed to start using my Rokinon 135 mm in combination with the full-frame QHY367C camera at F2.0 after careful use of spacers. I am also able to use a Ha filter.

This Sagitarius starscape "Wonderland" contains many famous objects from the Messier catalogue. Please note that I used a relatively small set of lights but at F2.0 which provides a decent number of photons.

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