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July 27, 2019

M8 Lagoon Nebula

Fort Griffin, TX

First Light with my new ZWO ASI294MC Pro

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1747 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. (Wikipedia)

Takahashi FSQ-106N Quadruplet Fluorite Refractor
ZWO ASI294MC Pro CMOS camera
Baader Vario Finder mounted as Guidescope
Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Astro Physics 900 GTO mount

14 exposures 3 minutes (120 gain/20 offset) each

Guided with PHD
Captured and Stacked in Nebulosity 4
Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop CS5 full exif


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