The Trifid Nebula

Image Details 20080627 The Trifid Nebula.
Telescope 12-inch f/5 Newtonian telescope on Losmandy Gemini G-11 equatorial mount.
Guiding Autoguided with SBIG 402 on 4.5-inch f/9 guidescope using CCDOps.
Camera

Digital SLR Canon 450D Rebel Xsi modified by Hutech focused with Remote Canon LiveView.

Exposures 75-minute exposure (25 x 3 min. sub-frames) @ ISO400
Filter/equipment 2" Baader Multi-Purpose Coma Corrector (MPCC).
2" Baader UV/IR Rejection Filter.
2" Astronomik LPS Filter.

(C) Copyright 2007 Paul Mayo.
paulm@skylab.com.au

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(C) Copyright 2008 Paul Mayo.
paulm@skylab.com.au

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