Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Hourglass nebula  ·  IC 1274  ·  IC 1275  ·  IC 4685  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  NGC 6531  ·  NGC 6544  ·  NGC 6546  ·  NGC 6553  ·  NGC 6559  ·  The star 11Sgr  ·  The star 4Sgr  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr  ·  Trifid nebula
Lagoon and Trifid wide field, Ed Magowan
Lagoon and Trifid wide field
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Lagoon and Trifid wide field

Lagoon and Trifid wide field, Ed Magowan
Lagoon and Trifid wide field
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Lagoon and Trifid wide field

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Taken with a fairly simple setup. A C9.25 drive base converted into a camera platform. The camera is mounted on a ballhead. Polar alignment with SharpCap. Quite a good wide-field astrophotography rig. The drive base can be mounted to a 45 year old somewhat beat up but functional C8 field tripod and wedge, or to the C9.25 tripod and wedge - much better looking and more solid. I'll post some photos of the C9.25 tripod/drive base setup in the near future.

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Lagoon and Trifid wide field, Ed Magowan