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Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B302, B303 complex in Sagittarius
 version 1
 Bright red emission nebulae M8 Lagoon Nebula (center bottom), red and blue M20 Trifid Nebula (upper right) and mixed nebula NGC6559, IC4685, B302, B303 (upper left) is in the Sagittarius summer Milky Way. This is a joint project of James Foster and me from Frazier Park California using my Askar 103 APO refracting telescope.
Version 1:
file: M8M20B303-LHRGB_Gr-RBF3Cflat2-a3sm.jpg


 Photographic Data
 Date:
May, 2024

 Telescope:
Askar 103 APO
103 mm (4-inch, f/6.8) triplet APO refractor with 0.8X focal reducer
Prime focal length: 700 mm
reduced focal length: 560 mm
reduced focal ratio: f/5.5

 imaging cameras:
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro (mono) & ASI6200MC-Pro (color) astrocameras

 mount:
iOptron CEM60

exposure:
Shot as an HaLRGB for approximately 119min(Ha3nm), 170min(Red), 200min (Green), & 230min (Blue) exposures.
Total exposure time: 719 minutes (11.98 hours)
guiding:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 (FL= 240 mm) guide scope with ZWO ASI120MM-mini guide camera
 
processing
Aquired by James Foster with Maxim DL.  Stacked in ASI Studio.
Post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements by Michael Stecker.
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photographic site:
James Foster's observatory at Frazier Park California
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation)
 
 
 
Crop of photo above for  NGC6559, IC4685, B302, B303 complex

Crop of NGC6559, IC4685, B302, B303 complex in Sagittarius
This cropped image of the beautiful complex of bright red emission nebulae, blue reflection nebulae and black dark lane B303 is to the east of M8 Lagoon nebula in the Sagittarius summer Milky Way. This is a joint project of James Foster and me from Frazier Park California using my Askar 103 APO refracting telescope.
 file: M8M20B303-LHRGB_Gr-RBF3Cflat2-a3crB303c.jpg
 
 
 
 
Version 2 of M8-M20-B303 complex in Sagittarrius
file: M8-M20-B303-LHRGB_Gr-RBF3Cflat4ClastJRF-2asm.jpg
Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B302, B303 complex in Sagittarius
 Version2
 file: M8M20B303-LHRGB_Gr-RBF3Cflat4ClastJRF-2asm.jpg