Mark James Ford
Lagoon, Trifid and friends ...
The Namibian sky is something special and certainly something that we cannot get enough of ... Taken with our equipment at the Hakos Astro Farm, this image of the Lagoon, Trifid, and surrounding nebulosity, probably represents the best we have yet achieved from Ines' TS94EDPH (f/4.4). Taken over four nights from our most recent trip, Ines insisted that the last night be used to collect an extra portion of OIII - this has really made a difference to the final result. Wisps and strands of OIII are visible going out from RCW 146 towards Sh2-34, even Sh2-32 seems to have a light OIII halo. However, it is the "sheer intensity" of the radiation from the center of the Lagoon, which the (additional) OIII data is able to portrait ...
In collaboration: Ines Mondon-Ford
Lagoon, Trifid and friends ...
The Namibian sky is something special and certainly something that we cannot get enough of ... Taken with our equipment at the Hakos Astro Farm, this image of the Lagoon, Trifid, and surrounding nebulosity, probably represents the best we have yet achieved from Ines' TS94EDPH (f/4.4). Taken over four nights from our most recent trip, Ines insisted that the last night be used to collect an extra portion of OIII - this has really made a difference to the final result. Wisps and strands of OIII are visible going out from RCW 146 towards Sh2-34, even Sh2-32 seems to have a light OIII halo. However, it is the "sheer intensity" of the radiation from the center of the Lagoon, which the (additional) OIII data is able to portrait ...
In collaboration: Ines Mondon-Ford