M20 Trifid Nebula

OPTICS: NP-127 660mm f/5.2
MOUNT: Mountain Instruments 250
CAMERA: ST-10XME
GUIDING: ST-402ME on TMB80 f/6
FILTERS: Astrodon "E" Series TruBalance
EXPOSURE: RGB (4)5min R, (12)5min GB
DATE(S): 8/6/2007
LOCATION: Horizontal Heavens Observatory, Texas USA
ACQUISITION: CCDSoft v5
PROCESSING: ImagesPlus, CCDSoft, PhotoshopCS2
NOTES: I managed to squeeze this in just before clouds rolled back in and only got 15min of each RGB.
First time in three months that the sky cleared to get anything.


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