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M20 (Trifid Nebula) [obsolete]
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Image Details:
- Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (300D)
- Mount: Celestron AS-GT
- Scope: Celestron C8-N (8" f/5 Newtonian)
- Configuration: Prime Focus
- Additional Optics: n/a (Prime)
- Filter: None
- Effective Focal Length: 1000mm
- Effective Focal Ratio: f/5
- Exposure: 24 x 1min @ ISO 800
- Total Exposure: 0hrs, 24min
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- Date: 7/11/2004, ~1:30am PDT
- Location: Saratoga, CA, USA
- Acquisition: DSLRfocus
- Focus: DSLRFocus
- Dithering: None
- Guiding: None
Processing:
- IRIS: Dark subtraction, flat frame, registration, and Kappa-Sigma stacking
- Photoshop: Noise reduction, crop (1/2 x), image scale (1/2 x), JPG conversion
Image Description:
Another stunning object in the "summer" Milky Way. This is the Trifid Nebula, yet another gem in the constellation of Sagittarius. This is a Sigma stack of the best 24 of the 30 frames (the remaining 6 showed trailing/smearing due to tracking error). Interestingly, "dark subtraction" yielded a worse image than just stacking the un-dark-subtracted frames. I need to look into this. North is up.