M8 Lagoon Nebule

Constellation: Sagittarius        Distance: 5800 lightyear

M8


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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 5 hours HaLRGB = 160:60:30:30:30
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Filters: Baader LRGB, Astrodon 5 nm H-alpha
  • Telescope: Televue 85 mm with field flattener focal distance 472mm
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Etoile St.Cyrice, France
  • Date: 23-26 August 2019
Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 6.0 Camera Control:
  • 8 H-alpha of 20 min, binned 1x1
  • 6 Luminance of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 3 Red, 3 Green and 3 Blue of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields for each filter with flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 20 and 10 min
  • 50 Bias frames