Trifid Nebula M20 in Sagittarius

[Greekastronomy]

-> Telescope: SkyWatcher 4" f/5

-> CCD: ATIK 16HR - Lum, Ha, OIII

-> CCD: Meade DSI 3 - Colors

-> Guiding Telescope: SkyWatcher 4" f/5 - OAG

-> Guiding Camera: Meade DSI 2

-> Guiding Software: PHD 1.8.3

-> Filters: Astronomik Lum, Ha, OIII

-> Processing: MaximDl / AstroArt / PhotoShop CS3

-> Exposure: 15 hours

-> Date: 11, 15, 17, 25, 26 June 2008

-> Place: Rafina Attikis

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[Paxo]

Cracking image Antony, well worth the 15 hours of exposure time.

Steve..

[daz]

That's a beauty!!

Thanks for posting that Antony!

[algol]

ooh now that is ace, loadsa colour and detail in there.

[steppenwolf]

Wow, there is certainly some colour in there - too low in the sky for me but I'd love to have a go at it

[Sam]

Lovely image - loads of detail and very nice colours!

[Beyond_Vision]

Gorgeous colours and a very smooth image due to the large amount of time spent on it.

Regards

Kevin

[Starflyer]

Oooh that's beautiful, great image and lovely colours.

Ian

[meade-jnr]

nice one ! . . I was going to try this one last night but bad conditions. Well done

[blinky]

Wow thats a cracking image, well worth the 15hrs exposure time.

[Roy Batty]

Fantastic colours Antony, the time you have spent on this shows.

RB

[LostNSpace]

That is a superb result Anthony, great colour and detail.....

Mark

[themos]

ho, ho, ho, you certainly bagged a lot of photons!

[Flyer2o11]

Awesome images!!!!!!

[BobMax1200]

Really impressed with this image.Great shot.