The two Messier open clusters, M7 (left), Ptolemy's Cluster, and M6 (right), the Butterfly Cluster. M7 is embedded in the bright star clouds of the Milky Way while M6 is in the dark lanes. I shot this March 30/31 from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, using the Borg 77m astrographic refractor (330mm focal length) at f/4.3 using a stack of 5 x 8 minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D Mark II at ISO 800.
M8 Lagoon and M20 Trifid Nebulas. Taken with Borg 77mm f/4 astrograph and Hutech-modified Canon 5D. Stack of 5 exposures: 5 x 8 min at ISO400. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, April 16, 2007.
M8 Lagoon Nebula and M20 Trifid Nebula, with Astro-Physics Traveler 4-inch apo refractor at f/6 with Canon 5D camera, for 7 minutes each at ISO800. Stack of four exposures. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, July 2006. Slight trailing and soft focus.
