Widefield of M8 (Lagoon) and M20 (Trifid)
Widefield of the M8 and M20 region in Sagitarius taken with the ED80 and canon 70D imaged on 20th July 2015
M8 20th June 2015
The first attempt at imaging M8, the Lagoon Nebula
M20 20th June 2015
Taken on 20th June
M7 20th June 2015
The second attempt at M7, this time using the RC6
M20 13th June
Well, I am a bit peeved. The weather forecast for Jakarta was for mostly clear skies and this afternoon there were large patches of blue, so I set up the scope. Of course I was being overly optimistic 🙁 . Clouds, clouds and more clouds !!!
I did get one stretch where I could fire of some subs and this is the result.
M20 30 May 2015
The Triffid nebula (NGC 6514) in Sagittarius imaged on 30th May 2015
M7 30 May 2015
Ptolemy’s Cluster (NGC6475), located in Scorpius.
M42 – The Great Nebula in Orion
My first attempts at imaging the M42 nebula during a visit to a client minesite on Halmahera Island, as well as a comparison from downloaded data.