M8 Lagoon Nebula and M20 Trifid Nebula

Taken two nights ago, utilizing a new field flattener I purchased from Orion Telescopes. This image is the full frame image with no cropping, which shows a great flat image end-to-end.

The image quality is okay. I was shooting into the border area between dark sky and a big light dome. Some more data with better focus will improve this a fair bit.

Imaging scope: Astrotelescopes 80mm ED refractor

Imaging camera: Nikon D7000

Guiding scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval refractor

Guiding camera: Orion Star Shoot Autoguider

Mount: Celestron CGEM

Light Frames: 6*6 mins @ ISO1250

Dark frames: 3*6 mins

Processed in Deep Sky Stacker, GIMP, Neat Image and Snapseed.

M20 Triffid Nebula

Image Details:

• Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
• Imaging Camera: Nikon D7000
• Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval Refractor
• Guiding Camera: Meade DSI-C
• Mount: Celestron CGEM
• Exposures: 6 * 7 minute light frames
• ISO 800
• Aligned and Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
• Post-Processing in GIMP (contrast, saturation, curves and unsharp mask)
• Noise Reduction in NeatImage (Filter and Sharpen)

M20 Triffid Nebula

Again, sticking around Sagittarius, I aimed for M20. It's an object that has eluded me based on both the lack of ability to get out and shoot it and the rubbish results that have occurred when I have been able to shoot it! I may be pushing it when shooting smaller objects with an 80mm scope, but this is my best M20 yet.

Image Details

• Imaging Scope: Astrotelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
• Imaging Camera: Nikon D40
• Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval Refractor
• Guiding Camera: Meade DSI-C
• Mount: Celestron CGEM
• Exposures: 8 * 3 minute lights, 4 * 3 minute darks, 20 bias frames
  
• ISO 800
• Aligned and Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
• Post-Processing in GIMP (contrast, saturation and unsharp mask)
• Noise reduction in Neat Image

Wide Field View: