M14 and M9 (also M80)

M14 is a globular cluster (apparent magnitude +8.32) containing several hundred thousand stars and located approximately 30,000 light-years.  Meanwhile, M9, also a globular cluster (apparent magnitude +7.9) containing approximately 120,000 stars located approximately 25,000 light-years from Earth.  Both of these objects were taken when the moon was just past full but the weather was clear so I decided to go out and collect images.  The results were OK considering the moon was out but M14 was clearly better. These images also represent the 30th and 31st Messier Objects I captured with the ED80.

Addendum:
Also imaged M80 the same night.  This was a stretch from my home (The Happy Frog Observatory) as M80 was around 25 degrees altitude and and just above the tree line for a 10-minute interval.  I need to go somewhere else to get a better image, however, I managed to get 3-45 second sub-frames.

M14 IMAGES
Closeup

Crop

Widefield

M14
Location: Happy Frog Observatory, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 07/20/16 11:00 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Filter: none
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to and Orion Short Tube 80mm
Exposure: 45 x 45 sec (33.75 min)
ISO: 800
Temp: 34 C
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom

M9 IMAGES

Closeup

Crop

New Revision for Messier Catalog

M9

Location: Happy Frog Observatory, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 07/20/16 11:45 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Filter: none
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to and Orion Short Tube 80mm
Exposure: 1 x 45 sec, 15 x 40 sec, 26 x 35 sec, 37 x 30 sec (44.4 min)

ISO: 800
Temp: 34 C
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom

M80 Image

M80

Location: Happy Frog Observatory, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 07/20/16 10:45 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Filter: none
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to and Orion Short Tube 80mm
Exposure: 3 x 45 sec (2.25 min)

ISO: 800
Temp: 34 C
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom