Messier 8 region
Optic: Canon 200 mm f:2.8 L. Camera: Modified Baader Canon 350D (Halpha pass filter - see here) at ISO800. Mount: Takashi EM200. Processing: Iris software. Observatory: Pic du Midi (altitude 2877 meters, french Pyrénées).
Messier 8 & Messier
20 nebulae
Stack of 5 x 300 seconds - 200 mm lens at full aperture
(f:2.8). July 25, 2006
The full field scaled by a factor 0.25 relative
to the original.
Details of the field (scaled
by a factor 0.75)
For another view of M8/M20 region, click here.