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Douglas Rollain

M20 Trifid Nebula in LRGBHa

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The Hourglass Nebula image

The Hourglass Nebula


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Description

The Hourglass is often burned out in images of the Lagoon, so this time I tried to reveal the inner structure while forgoing the dimmer areas of the nebula. This was again taken with the Intes MN61 6 f6 Maksutov-Newtonian at f24 (3600mm) via a Televue 4x Powermate.