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The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius
The Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius
Pascal


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2010-06 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Kariani, Greece
Date: Jun 12, 2010
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1520 sec (total)
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Jun 15, 2010

a) Equipment:
Telescope : Takahashi FSQ106 with Takahashi Focal Extender (1.6x)
Camera : Canon 350Da (modified for astrophotography
Computerised Mount : Takahashi EM-200 Temma II Jr
Autoguiding with PHD, Toucam 740 , Celestron ED80

b) Technical details:
Exposure : 10 x 152 sec
ISO : 1600
Aperture : f8

c) Processing:
10 raw frames stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Further processing with Photoshop CS3 and PixInsight LE
FOV=79.02% of the original frame

About the Trifid nebula:
A large star-forming, emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Sagittarius at distance 6000 light years approximately. The red emission portion of the nebula is illuminated by a young cluster of hot massive stars, near its center. The blue portion is a reflection nebula.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 341
Avg (all users): 6.3659
Avg (commenters): 8.1667
Avg (participants): 6.2111
Avg (non-participants): 6.7879
Views since voting: 1221
Views during voting: 236
Votes: 123
Comments: 7
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/07/2010 08:51:02 PM
I have not done this kind of photography so far... so I am always amazed to see these kinda shots... this is one more in that line... great shot...
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07/07/2010 01:00:44 AM
thanks for posting this, I love it
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07/04/2010 12:55:43 PM
Absolutely stunning, your patience is a virtue. :-)
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07/02/2010 11:00:39 PM
Wow! I am SO impressed!
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07/02/2010 02:05:41 PM
nice work - these are always impressive to see done well
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07/01/2010 11:05:09 AM
look i don't know much about astrophotography so i don't really know how difficult it would be to get an image like this. Still its nice to see even with really expensive camera and lens it all comes back to the rule of thirds for composition.
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07/01/2010 10:17:35 AM
neat
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