Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  NGC 6531  ·  NGC 6546  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr  ·  Trifid Nebula
M8,  M20 & M21 on 35mm Film, AlenK
M8,  M20 & M21 on 35mm Film
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M8, M20 & M21 on 35mm Film

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This is a full-frame image on Elite Chrome 200 35mm slide film. The 20-minute exposure was manually guided through an 80mm f/5 achromatic refractor with dual, stacked barlows (2x and 2.8x) and a 12mm illuminated reticle eyepiece. The telescope was a Meade LXD55 SN6 6-inch Schmidt-Newtonian, which I still use today.

The blue sensitivity of the slide film I used wasn't all that great compared to its red sensitivity and as a result the reflection nebula part of the Trifid (M20) didn't come through nearly as well as I had hoped. DSLRs are much superior in that regard (and of course in most other ways).

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M8,  M20 & M21 on 35mm Film, AlenK