The Lagoon (down) and Trifid (up) nebulae are two very famous nebulae in Sagittarius, and both nebulae can be glimpsed with the naked eye (from a dark site), and they are easy to see with binoculars.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80/400 ESPRIT Triplet-APO
Imaging cameras: Atik 383L+
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ8
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80/400 ESPRIT Triplet-APO
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Loadstar
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer 0,75x
Software: Fitswork 4.44, Adobe Photoshop CS3 CS3
Filters: Baader Planetarium Ha 7nm 2″
Accessories: Starlight Xpress 5×2″ Filter Wheel
Dates: July 23, 2014
Frames: 11×720″
Integration: 2.2 hours

Author: Alexander Sielski
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 2 Aug 2014