I had an unexpected streak of clear nights and took full advantage to image both the Wizard and Trifid Nebula. I looked at the Wizard last year too but I was in a hurry and didn’t give it the appropriate time. This year, with 4 hours of total integration time and a better filter and proper guiding I managed to get a very decent result. It’s also enough data to experiment with the colors without making it too ridiculous. 

The Trifid is a different story. This object is barely rising over 15 degrees altitude from my location which means I only have a short time window to shoot it, through a lot of light pollution. I tried it last year and was not happy with the result. I’m very satisfied with this year’s result and look forward to trying the Helix Nebula in late August.