M8, a nebula in Sagittarius, the Lagoon Nebula.
Details:
Exposure: 3 x 4 min ISO 800
Gear: Skywatcher ED120 refractor, 840mm f/l, f/7, Canon EOS 60D. No filter, no flattener
Location: Leumeah, NSW
Date: 2017-07-25
Object:
Messier 8, NGC 6523 & NGC 6533
Visual magnitude: +6.0
Apparent diameter: 90 x 40 arc-min
Actual diameter: 114 light years
Distance: 4,300 light years
Image © R.Powell
Cosmic Focus 
Wow!! (sorry other words escape me)
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Nice pic Roger, are you using guide in your tracking? If so what camera are you using for guiding.
Have you considered a reducer/corrector?
http://www.astropetes.com.au/Accessories/FocalReducer_ED120.html
I just got one for my Skywatcher ED80, Pete gave me the larger T-ring for free.
It will fix the stars at the edges and will speed up your scope from 7.5 to 6.3.
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Hi Richard,
Yes, I am using an Orion Short Tube 80mm f/5 guidescope with an Orion Starshoot guide camera.
I am not using a reducer because the new ED120 I am using has a nice wide field and is giving me plenty of objects to shoot. I did use a reducer on my old LX-90 and I haven’t ruled out using one on this scope at some future time.
The ED120 came with its own field flattener which I have yet to use.
🙂
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