M8
Lagoon Nebula
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| Other names: |
NGC6523 |
| Optics: |
Deep Sky Instruments RC10C at f/5.4 |
| Mount: |
Astro-Physics 900GTO-CP3 |
| Camera: |
Canon EOS 5D Mark II [ unmodified ] |
| Exposure: |
140 minutes [ 35 x 4 minutes ] at ISO 800 |
| Accessories: |
Takahashi 0.73x Reducer QE |
| Location: |
Landers, CA [ CaliforniaStars Observatory ] |
| Date |
July 1, 2011 |
| Notes: |
Processing: Image acquisition with Canon EOS Utility. Image conversion, calibration, align, and combine in ImagesPlus 4.75. Levels, curves, noise smoothing (Noel Carboni's PS Tools), crop, and resize in Photoshop.
Ambient temperature was between 74-76°F during the imaging session. The field of view is heavily cropped due to the poor performance of my flats.
Click the image for a larger version (1800 x 1200, ~1.5 MB).
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