The Trifid Nebula
| Object | The Trifid Nebula (M20), in Sagittarius (crop from wider-field image) |
| Telescope (Photo) | TeleVue 85mm OTA @ f/5.6 (480mm focal length) on ZWO AM5N mount |
| Telescope (Guiding) | ZWO 30mm f/5 (150mm focal length) guide scope on ZWO AM5N mount |
| Camera (Photo) | ZWO ASI2600MC Duo one-shot APS-C color CMOS Camera, controlled by N.I.N.A |
| Camera (Guiding) | ZWO ASI220MM Mini w/PHD2 Guiding |
| Exposure Detail | Combination of 62 one-shot color images at 180 seconds each. Total 3 hours, 6 minutes data capture. Calibrated with dark, flat-dark, and flat frames; image processing w/PixInsight 1.9.4 |
| Location | Quilted Starfields Observatory, Chiefland, FL (N29.406, W82.859) |
| Date | 08/15/2026 |