Description: - A large
bright nebula in the central region of the Milky Way in
Sagittarius. This item is low on the horizon for Northern
locations reaching a heigh of less than 23degrees at most.
Between its low altitude, neighbouring hills and soft skies I
only managed a quick imaging of this item.
Telescope: Astro-Physics AP92
Stowaway with 92TCC, giving a focal length of 488mm f/5.3..
Camera: SBIG STT-8300M @ -35C
Sensor Temperature
Exposure: 5 Red, 5 Green and 5
Blue sub exposures of 5min each for 75 minutes total through
Baader RGB filters
Date: 2023-09-10 at 10C and
61%RH.
Location: Southern Alberta
Star Party near Elkwater, Alberta and Cypress Hills Dark Sky
Reserve under Bortle 4.5 skies
Processed in PixInsight with NoiseXT and BlurXT, then
finished in Adobe Photoshop.