The Lagoon and Trifid Nebula with a full frame 60MPix CMOS camera at 600mm focal length.
This shot was taken on the Col du Restefond in the French Alps in July 2021 at an altitude of 2600m. The Col du Restefond is probably one of the darkest spots in Europe and has an almost perfect dark sky and a very good view towards the southern horizon. During my stay the sky quality meter measured 21.7mag sky brightness.
This shot was taken with my TMB 115/805 Carbon Triplet APO from Officiane Stellare and the large M82 0,75x Riccardi Reducer at 600m f5.25. I used the ASI6200MM Pro full format cooled CMOS camera at -15°C. The scope and the reducer are optimized to fully illuminate the large chip without any annoying vignetting and good sharpness in the corner for red and green wavelength. The gigantic resolution of 60 MPix makes it possible to create cropped enlargements with a still high image resolution.
Further information on my website:
http://www.theinvisibleuniverse.com/For a detailed breakdown of my equipment please visit my video on youtube:
https://youtu.be/XO1SWwiXphk
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