Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Hourglass nebula  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  M 23  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6494  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  NGC 6531  ·  NGC 6546  ·  NGC 6568  ·  Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  The star 11Sgr  ·  The star 15Sgr  ·  The star 21Sgr  ·  The star 44Oph  ·  The star 4Sgr  ·  The star 51Oph  ·  The star 58Oph  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star Kaus Borealis (λSgr)  ·  The star μSgr  ·  Trifid nebula
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Saturn meets Lagoon and Trifid nebulae, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura
Saturn meets Lagoon and Trifid nebulae
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Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Saturn meets Lagoon and Trifid nebulae, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura
Saturn meets Lagoon and Trifid nebulae
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Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 31, 2018
Frames:
51×60(51′)
Integration:
51′
Avg. Moon age:
19.49 days
Avg. Moon phase:
76.76%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 2230424

RA center: 18h01m36s.0

DEC center: -23°1655

Pixel scale: 10.278 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 344.803 degrees

Field radius: 9.388 degrees

Resolution: 1824x1216

File size: 2.3 MB

Locations: HAS Dark Site, Columbus, TX, United States

Data source: Traveller

Description

First light for my newly acquired equipment. Just a test shot on an easy target made before the moon came up. There few problems to tackle, some of them I suspect are related to modification (red halos around bright stars for example). Overall I am pretty satisfied with the performance though, f/2 really shows its power.

The FOV features beautiful Milky Way with famous Lagoon and Trifid nebulae as well as Saturn (brightest 'star' in the image, near the center of the image) passing by.

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Saturn meets Lagoon and Trifid nebulae, 



    
        

            Nikita Misiura