
Lagoon and Trifid Nebula: These two Emission Nebulae are undoubtedly highlights of the Southern Sky. Hot young stars ionize the surrounding gas and thus make it glow red as emission nebulae or the light is reflected by the dust and gas clouds and so giving rise to blue white reflection nebulae. A combinatin of the two types can very well be studied at the Trifid Nebula (bottom left).
Check out the Hi-Res version for deeper insight in to the delicate nebula structures.
For an image with an even larger field of view click here.
Object |
Lagoon and Trifid Nebula |
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Catagory |
Nebulae |
Designation |
M 008, M 020 |
Constellation |
Sagittarius |
Optics |
TMB 130 f/6 with Field Flattener |
Camera |
SBIG STL 11000M with internal CFW 5 |
Exposure |
3 x 10min each (1x1 bin) Astrodon True Balance RGB filterset. Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
Dark Frame |
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Guiding |
Selfguiding |
Mount |
Astro-Physics 900 GTO |
Processing |
Maxim DL5, Photoshop. Color Code RGB |
Location, Date |
Somerset West, South Africa - 27 April 2009 |
Remark |