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Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, Phillip Jones
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Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae

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Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae

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Trifid Nebula and Lagoon Nebula, aka M20 and M8, near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy. The yellow dust surrounding the nebulae is part of the galactic arm. This photo featured on Flickr blog, 26-JUN-2010. Thanks Flickr!! =)

camera: Apogee U16M

telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

exp: 160 minutes [LRGB 60:30:30:40]

Stacked/Aligned in Maxim DL 4.61

Processed in PhotoShop CS3

Location: Texas Star Party in Ft Davis, TX

Sky conditions: windy and lots of moisture with lightning in the distance. In other words, lousy seeing. Green data was affected the most. If better, I would provide a larger resolution version of this image.

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Trifid and Lagoon Nebulae, Phillip Jones