M8 Lagoon Nebula (NGC 6523)
Size:90'x40' (140x60 ly dia.) Mag:6 Dist:5,200 ly

Camera: Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm APO @ 300mm, f/6.3
Exposure: 39x22s=14.3 min @ ISO1600
Mount: ETX-90EC polar aligned
Processing: Dark, flat and bias calibration, alignment, stacking and digital development in IP 2.5.
Levels, curves, skyglow & noise removal and shapening in Photoshop CS with Neat Image & Gradient Exterminator. Image cropped.