Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae (Widefield), 2019
Sagittarius
At the end of the summer of 2019, I returned to my favorite dark sky in Greece to photograph two of the most spectacular nebulae of the entire night sky, the Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) nebuale. To capture their brilliant colors I chose a very fast prime f/2 lens and a Hydrogen-α sensitive DSLR.
Tech Card
Date / Location
23rd September 2019, Iria, GMT+2, Greece, TEMP: 20C, Bortle Class 3 ~SGM: 21.72 mag./arc sec2
Equipment
Camera: Nikon D810A
Lens: Samyang 135mm f/2
Mount: Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Image Quality
14 bit RAW (NEF)
Exposure time per image / number of composites and sensitivity
10 x 87s ISO 1600 f/2.8
14 x 25s ISO 2000 f/2
1 x 55s ISO 3200 f/2
Software
PixInsight 1.8 Core
Lightroom
Photoshop
DEEP SKY
STARSCAPE
SOLAR SYSTEM
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