Object | |
Description: | Trifid Nebula and M21 Open Cluster |
Type: | Diffuse Nebula |
Constellation: | Sagittarius |
Distance: | 5,200 ly |
Image | |
Date: | August 31, 2008 |
Location: | Palomar Mountain, CA |
Exposure: | R 6x10, G 6x10, B 6x10 (bin 1x1) |
Equipment | |
Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor |
Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 |
Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon RGB |
Software: | CCD Commander, Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop |