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Messier 20, The Trifid Nebula



Optics: AG Optical 12.5" iDK @ f/6.7 l=2130mm
Camera: QSI 640wsg-8 @ -25C
Filters: Astrodon LRGB
Mount: Astro-Physics AP 1100GTO
AO: Starlight Xpress Active Optics SXV-AO-LF
Guiding: OAG with Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Auto Guider / PHD2 Guiding
Location: Rancho Hidalgo, near Animas, New Mexico
10 hours exposure over 10 nights, 4 June - 24 August 2016
L:R:G:B 4h45m:1h45m:1h45m:1h45m (19x15m : 7x15m : 7x15m : 7x15m) binned 1:1:1:1
Captured with: Home-brewed observatory automation and image aquisition software
Processed with PixInsight