M8 - The Lagoon Nebula & M20 - The Trifid Nebula
| Object | (At bottom) The Lagoon Nebula (M8), and (at top) The Trifid Nebula (M20), in Sagittarius |
| Telescope (Photo) | Celestron 11" EdgeHD SCT OTA with Hyperstar @ f/2 on on Losmandy G-11 Mount |
| Telescope (Guiding) | Orion EON 80mm ED Refractor @ f/6.25 on Losmandy G11 Mount |
| Camera (Photo) | Canon 60Da DSLR using ImagesPlus 4.0 Camera Control |
| Camera (Guiding) | SBIG ST-i w/PHD Guiding |
| Exposure Detail | Excluded-average combination of 17 images at 120 seconds each, ISO1600; RAW file conversion, full calibration (flat, dark, bias, flat-dark), and initial image processing using ImagesPlus 4.50A; final image processing using Photoshop CS5 |
| Location | Cincinnati Astronomical Society's Dark-Sky Site (Adams County, Ohio) (N38.876, W83.464) |
| Date | 09/15/12 |
