Trifid Nebula - M20 from high altitude

[evansg]

My attempt to capture M20 from ~ 1500m (Mt. Parnon Greece)

Scope: William Optics FLT98 Alu @ f6.4

Mount: HEQ5 Pro

Camera: ATIK 314L

Filters: LRGB Baader

Guiding: OAG-9 SSAG

Total exposure (2 nights) ~ 8h

Subexposures: 10m (bin 1x1 Lum, bin 2x2 RGB)

[jnc71106]

Oh that's a peach well done

[jsigone]

Fantastic colors and details!!

[ollypenrice]

Lovely. You have got superb levels of blue nebulosity around the whole emission nebula.

I wonder if the green channel needs a little stretch because there is, to my eye and on my screen, a slight magenta caste?

Great picture.

Olly

[Scosmico]

Very nice! congrats!

[MikeD]

Great shot with fine detail.

Mike.

[Magnum]

Wow thats great, beats the pants of my M20, though you have a slightly better location LOL.

Lee

[AndyUK]

Good grief! You don't often see an image of M20 as bright and detailed as this... Excellent capture, and thanks for sharing...

[stolenfeather]

Amazing! The colour and detail makes it hard to look away!

Isabelle

[msinclairinork]

Absolutely lovely!

Well done!

Michael

[fatwoul]

Stunning.

[Coco]

Wow... thats a nice image, love those colours

[Fenriz]

Fantastic image, well done.

[Tim]

I'm loving all that reflection you have captured! Great pic all round, thanks for sharing!

[Tom OD]

WOW so bright and great looking colour. You must be proud of that one.

Tom.

[Altair]

I am just in AWE! Great Capture.. !

[RogerTheDodger]

Brilliant image

[Crunchard]

Blimey that's a beauty ... thanks for sharing

[Catanonia]

Awesome colours, so vibrant and wow, what a location to shoot from.

I can't even see this nebula from my location due to trees

[Neilius]

Nice one!