Astrophotos

Location: Mount Pinos, CA
Date: June 28-29, 2003
Subject: Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas
Exposure: One 45-min., two 60-min, and one 90-min exposure combined and adjusted in Adobe Photoshop
Telescope: Borg 100ED @ f/6.6
Mount: Losmandy GM-8
Guiding: ST-4 autoguider
Film: Fuji Super HQ 100
Comments: One of the most beautiful region of the summer milky way. M8 the lagoon nebula is the bright red region below center and is a fantastic sight through nearly any telescope. M20 the trifid nebula is significantly fainter but even a relatively small telescope will reveal its dark dust lanes at a dark sight. Above and to the left of M20 is the open cluster M21.