The Red Lagoon (Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae)

This video shows step-by-step how I captured the data for my widefield Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae shot using an unguided star tracker (Sky Watcher Star Adventurer Mini or S.A.M.) with the ‪@svbony3514‬ SV503 70ED telescope and a ‪@zwoastronomycameras6901‬ ASI294MC Pro. I cover planning, setup for backfocus, balancing, and acquisition including Polar alignment and plate-solving to find the target using Nighttime Imaging N' Astronomy software or N.I.N.A.
Have you ever watched a nebula set on the horizon? Watch this video too see it happen!
00:00:15 Configuring telescopes and lenses in Stellarium
00:00:46 Finding and framing the target in Stellarium
00:01:40 Configuring image train for backfocus
00:03:41 Assemble the S.A.M. onto the tripod
00:04:33 Balance the telescope
00:05:01 Using N.I.N.A. for imaging
00:05:35 Focusing with an imaging loop
00:05:53 N.I.N.A. 3-point Polar alignment
00:07:17 Slewing to the target
00:08:23 Simple sequencer for all-night imaging
00:09:33 Raw feed of imaging session until dawn
00:10:06 Final image reveal

[@AstroCrescentDIY]

Very nice 👍🏼. The final image is superb.

[@chrisvig123]

Great easy target and very bright…unfortunately where i live we are out of time and it’s very low on the horizon