M20 Triffid Nebula LRGB
Man it is a long week end. The wife and I had a good time at the AR get together! It was a sleep deprived week end with attemps at imaging also. I managed 60min (10min subs)of capture of the Triffid last night in LRGB before my guide star got lost 
(I was trying to get some sleep).
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Constellation:Sagittarius
The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region located in Sagittarius. Its name means 'divided into three lobes'. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifid appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and colorful object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers
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Keith
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Cool. This is always a fun
Cool. This is always a fun target that combines the red of an emission nebula with the blue of a reflection nebula. I'm looking forward to trying this one later this year. I'm glad to hear AR went well. I had to miss this year as my wife and I were visiting our daughter in Chicago.
-John
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Warren,s seminar was very
Warren,s seminar was very good in getting a person pointed in the right direction. I need to find the time to watch the tutorial CD's I wish I hadn't lost my guide star 4 hrs. would have been a lot better than 1 hr. but at least I got a LRGB sequence
Clear skies,
Keith