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M8 - Lagoon Nebula

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Sagittarius
  • Location: RA: 18h 04m 00s Dec: -24d 21m 33s Epoch 2000
  • Size: 45 x 30 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 5.0
  • Type: Diffuse Nebula/Open Cluster
  • AKA: ngc6523
Instrument:
Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio:
f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure:
26 x 1 minutes Luminance unbinned
5 x 15 minutes Hydrogen Alpha unbinned (Astrodon 6nm filter)
9 x 1 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding:
Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date:
5/7/05
Post Processing:
CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS