Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae

Date: 04.09.2013 to 10.09.2013
Ambient conditions: 22°C
Location: Crisopolis, Brazil

Equipment:
Telescope: FSQ-106EDX f/3.6
Mount: ASA DDM60
Camera: SXVF-H36
Guiding: No guiding
Filters: LRGB Astronomik

Acquisition:
Software: Maxim DL 5
FOV, Image scale: 327 x 219 arcmin, 4.0 arcs/pixel
Sub-exposures: L 90min 1x1 / R 50min 2x2 / G 40min 2x2 / B 50min 2x2 (10 min light frames)
Calibration: Flats and Darks 

Processing:
CCDStack: Calibration, registering, Mean stacking
ExCalibrator: RGB factors
CS5: LRGB composite, Curves, Levels

Comments:
Like all pictures of this series, since the spacer of the Tak reducer was wrong many oval stars appear on the corners. Weather did not help either and the pictures had to be taken over many nights.