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Lagoon in HST colors, David Lindemann

Lagoon in HST colors

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Lagoon Nebula - M8 - LRGB composition - Hubble palette (SII:H-aIII)

Captured 06/30/2013 with Takahashi FSQ106ED @f/5 530mm focal length with Apogee Alta U8300 monochrome and Astrodon H-a, SII, and OIII 5nm narrowband filters.

5 x 600s H-a unbinned = 50m

5 x 600s OIII unbinned = 50m

4 x 600s SII unbinned = 40m

Total exposure time 2h10

Software: MaximDL to capture - CCDStack to calibrate, register, normalize, data reject and combine - Photoshop CS5 and PixInsight for color combine and non-linear streching.

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Lagoon in HST colors, David Lindemann