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8/31/08

NGC6559, M8 - The Lagoon Nebula & NGC6544

Canoe Creek State Park, Hollidaysburg, PA

Target: NGC6559, M8 - The Lagoon Nebula & NGC6544
Imaging Scope: Stellarvue SV66ED w/WO 0.8x Reducer/flattener @ f/4.6
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G (EQMOD)
Imager: SBIG ST-2000XM
Guiding: Meade DSI Pro through a Meade 60mm f/11 scope (2 second guide exposures)
Software: acquisition - MaxIm DL, post processing - CCDSoft, AstroArt & Adobe Photoshop
Exposure Information: 12 x 10 minutes (Astronomik 14nm Ha Filter), 1 x 10 minutes each RGB channel. No Flat fields or dark frames applied.
Comments: NGC6559 & M8 were processed separately in Adobe Photoshop.

SBIG ST-2000XM,Stellarvue SV66ED

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