The Trifid Nebula and Lagoon Nebula
| Object | The Trifid Nebula, M20 (center left), and The Lagoon Nebula, M8 (bottom right), with open star cluster M21 (upper left) in Sagittarius |
| Telescope (Photo) | Celestron 8" EdgeHD SCT OTA with Hyperstar @ f/1.8 on on Losmandy G-11 Mount |
| Telescope (Guiding) | Astro-Tech 72mm Refractor @ f/15 on Losmandy G11 Mount |
| Camera (Photo) | Starlight Xpress SX26C One-Shot Color CCD Camera using ImagesPlus 6.0 Camera Control |
| Camera (Guiding) | Starlight Xpress Lodestar w/PHD Guiding |
| Exposure Detail | Excluded-average combination of 21 images at 180 seconds each; RAW file conversion, full calibration (bias, flat, dark, and flat dark), and initial image processing using ImagesPlus 6.5; final image processing using PaintShop Pro 8 |
| Location | Cincinnati Astronomical Society's Dark-Sky Site (Adams County, Ohio) (N38.876, W83.464) |
| Date | 07/13/10 |
