Messier 16 (Eagle Nebula, top) and Messier 17 (Swan or Omega Nebula, bottom), shot from home in southern Alberta with the objects low on the horizon, July 30, 2011. This is a stack of 5 x 5 minute exposures at ISO 1600 with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII and the Borg 77mm f/4.3 astrograph lens (300mm focal length), and using the IDAS V3 nebula filter.
Messier 17, the Swan Nebula, aka the Omega or Checkmark Nebula, with the open cluster M18 below it. I shot this from home on a very clear night (as this object is low for me) on July 29, 2019, using the Astro-Physics Traveler and Hotech f/6 field flattener for a stack of 5 x 8-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the now 10-year-old filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II.
M20 Trifid Nebula and M21 star cluster above it, taken with 4-inch Astro-Physics Traveler refractor at f/6 with 6x7 field flattener and Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera for stack of 4 x 8 minute exposures at ISO 800. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, April 24, 2007. Some trailing from scope aimed straight up and axes wandering -- some guiding error introduced that fattened stars and some passing thin cloud added glows to stars.
