Lagoon and Trifid nebula from Namibia

[chrisvdberge]

Probably my favorite image from my astrotrip to Kiripotib in Namibia; Lagoon and Trifid nebula with IC1274. Such a colorful and interesting area!

Taken with Nikon D600 on APM107/700 with Riccardi 0.75 reducer. 

Fornax 51 mount and guided with Lacerta MGEN

580 minutes exposure time; 

38x5min ISO800 

20x10 ISO400

18x10min ISO400

[baggywrinkle]

Fantastic image....

[MarsG76]

That's a great wide field.

[xtreemchaos]

amazing image mate,fantastic detail and colour.  thanks for sharing.  charl.

[jabeoo1]

Blimey Chris, that is something special ! 

I remember viewing these 2 in bins in France.  They looked spectacular in 50mm glass but this really does show off what these nebula are all about.

[laudropb]

Very nice image.lots of detail and nice colour balance. Thanks for sharing.

[chrisvdberge]

Thx guys... 

Here are the crops of M20, M8 and IC1274:

[lensman57]

Lovely image. They seem as if they were overhead when you imaged them.

A.G

[xtreemchaos]

the crops are even more amazing.  charl.

[chrisvdberge]

Lovely image. They seem as if they were overhead when you imaged them.

A.G

They were

[Fay]

Very nice widefield

Fay

[ultranova]

Very nice indeed,  love the colours

and the detail,

well done

Paul

[StuartJPP]

Good stuff...I imaged this from Fuerteventura a while ago...didn't get anywhere near as much time on it as you did...

I assume that the Fornax 51 mount is available there and wasn't in your hand luggage?

[Davey-T]

Superb images Chris, had a go at them a couple of nights ago, lurking on the horizon in the trees here 

Dave

[chrisvdberge]

Good stuff...I imaged this from Fuerteventura a while ago...didn't get anywhere near as much time on it as you did...

I assume that the Fornax 51 mount is available there and wasn't in your hand luggage?

lol! Indeed the Fornax 51 is for rent by Kiripotib, as well as the Riccardi (it's huge!) and the APM scope. 

So only 3 dslr's + the finderscope and MGEN in the hand luggage for me  

[MartinFransson]

Wow! Spectacular results for a DSLR! And being in Africa, I assume the sensor temps were quite bad as well. Or was this at high altitude? Great job on the processing too!

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[chrisvdberge]

Wow! Spectacular results for a DSLR! And being in Africa, I assume the sensor temps were quite bad as well. Or was this at high altitude? Great job on the processing too!

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Thx! Actually it is winter now in Namibia and night time temperature at Kiripotib (at 1400m) drops down to 5 degrees Celcius every night and some nights even -3. So temperature wise it was all excellent  

[iksose7]

An excellent image, taken in an astrophotography paradise! I would love to get down there some day.

Callum

[chrisvdberge]

This image is APOD today  

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150810.html

[Neil I]

Congratulations Chris. An absolutely stunning image and well deserved APOD

[Atreta]

great image.