M20

 
M20, the Trifid Nebula, photographed from OMSI's Hancock Field Station, May 02. 
12" F/6.6 LX200 SCT 
50 Minute Exposure 
Kodak Royal Gold 200 hypered at home: 50c, +3psi, 2hrs. 
SBIG STV camera as the autoguider. The feedback from the STV showed that it was fighting with the mount and would oscillate in one axis with corrections of more than +/- 2.