Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) Nebulae

Dates: 2026-04-18, 2026-04-19, 2026-04-21, 2026-04-24, 2026-05-09, 2026-05-10, and 2026-05-13

Taken from Bortle 6 Location

Equipment and Imaging Details:

• ZWO ASI2600MC Air
• ZWO Electronic Automatic Focuser (2025)
• William Optics RedCat 51 Gen 3 APO f/4.9 Refracting Telescope with WIFD
• ZWO AM5N
• ZWO CAA
• Gain 100
• -15° C cooling
• 73 x 300" light exposures (9 + 8 + 8 + 9 + 8 + 15 + 16), 30 x biases, 210 x flats (30 each night)

PixInsight Processing:

• WeightedBatchPreprocessing
• BlurXTerminator (Correct Only)
• SpectrophotometricFluxCalibration
• MultiscaleGradientCorrection
• SpectrophotometricColorCalibration
• BlurXTerminator
• StarXTerminator
• MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch (separate HistogramTransformation and ScreenTransferFunction for star image)
• CurvesTransformation
• SCNR (slight green removal only)
• NoiseXTerminator
• PixelMath (recombine stars and nebula)

Full resolution: https://app.astrobin.com/i/lwugwi