Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  M 20  ·  NGC 6514  ·  Trifid nebula
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Trifid Nebula - uncalibrated, Phillip Jones
Trifid Nebula - uncalibrated
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Trifid Nebula - uncalibrated

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Haven't had time to shoot darks/flats/bias frames. But displaying this anyway because it is significant on multiple levels:

1) My first time to process data in PixInsight. About 80% was done in PixInsight, rest was done in Photoshop CS5.

2) First complete astrophoto using the new iOptron iEQ45 mount.

3) First successful photo shot with the QHY9 on my new Takahashi TSA102.

Yes, there is a dust bunny (circle), which will be remedied by flat. And yes, there are green spikes attached to brighter stars. Not sure why PixInsight rejection algorithm failed to remove those.

Lum: 6 x 12min

Red: 4 x 10 min

Green: 4 x 10 min

Blue: 4 x 10min

Baader LRGB filters were used.

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Trifid Nebula - uncalibrated, Phillip Jones