M8 & M20 - The Lagoon and Trifid Nebula (DJ Van Bourgondien)

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M8 & M20 - The Lagoon and Trifid Nebula

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M8 & M20 - The Lagoon and Trifid Nebula

So the stars literally aligned (pun intended) last night. My last exposure finished right as the mist/fog rolled in and the guiding started going south. This is my first image I feel organically proud of. Little to no processing needed, only some very minor stretches and a very small histogram tweak. This one felt good straight out of the camera!
And I learned the value of getting enough calibration frames!!! No amp glow!!
The Lagoon and Trifid Nebula.
Scope: Radian 61
Guide Scope: ZWO 30MM with ASI120MM guide camera
Filter: Optolong L-Extreme
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
ASIAIR Pro
Mount: Sky Guider Pro
20 x 3 minute exposures
Stacked in APP, minimally processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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Description: I revisited these objects a year later this year from my first photo, and wanted to catch them in their true color along with the Sagittarius star cloud. I waited for close to new moon and dark skies to shoot this target with just a UV/IR (Ha enhanced filter).

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Radian Raptor 61
Northeast Imagers
ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
Duo-band, Tri-band, and Quad-band Imaging
ZWO ASIAIR PRO USERS
IOptron CEM

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Astrometry.net job	5741689
PixInsight job	1E5FVPDAICC8FA7ZEXNXSYKNKVOEGSHN
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	18h05m13s.86
RA (top/left)	18h02m02s.20
RA (top/right)	17h57m07s.14
RA (bottom/right)	18h08m31s.77
RA (bottom/left)	18h13m08s.92

Dec (center)	-23°50′49″.2
Dec (top/left)	-21°33′32″.2
Dec (top/right)	-25°23′25″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	-26°07′58″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	-22°16′41″.5

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