These two celestial 'birds' are located at the border between Serpens and Sagittarius. Both are very bright emission nebulae, embedded in faint nebulosity.
Canon EOS 20D Modified Canon 20D mounted on a TMB 80mm/F6 + Televue 0.8x reducer/flattener. Halpha ( Astronomik Ha, 13nm): 6x450sec/ISO800; RGB ( IDAS-LPS): 12x300sec/ISO800. Calibration and stacking, averaging, color balancing, sharpening in Images Plus and Photoshop CS2.
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