M20 The Trifid Nebula

M-20, the Trifid Nebula is 5,200 light years distant with an approximate diameter of 40 ly. It's magnitude is 6.3

 

Equipment Used:

Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Celestron AVX mount, Orion MMAG autoguider.

Imaged with an unmoddified Nikon D5300 with Astrophotography Tool software.

 

Imaging data:

40 light frames for 150 seconds at iso 400 stacked in dss at 90% which is about 90 minutes total integration.

15 darks at 77 deg F

15 bias

15 flats (from the bank)

 

Shot just over the roof line of my neighbors house.

 

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker and processed in Startools with a little touch of contrast and noise reduction in Photoshop Elements 15.

Done