M8 & M20 Trifid & Lagoon Nebula Sagittarius Contains: NGC 6530, M 8, Lagoon nebula, Hourglass nebula, NGC 6523, NGC 6526, Trifid nebula, M 20, NGC 6514, The star 9Sgr, The star 7Sgr

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80ED

Imaging cameras: Nikon D7000

Mounts: Skywatcher Skyview Pro Eq 6

Guiding telescopes or lenses: William Optics 80mm Apo

Guiding cameras: ORION StarShoot AutoGuider

Filters: Baader Planetarium Baader 1.25" Moon & SkyGlo

Resolution: 4696x3060

Dates: May 13, 2014

Locations: Home Pier Mounted

Frames: 40x360" ISO800

Integration: 4.0 hours

Darks: ~32

Flats: ~10

Avg. Moon age: 12.89 days

Avg. Moon phase: 96.07%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00

Temperature: 30.00

RA center: 270.811 degrees

DEC center: -23.603 degrees

Pixel scale: 1.637 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 99.997 degrees

Field radius: 1.275 degrees