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Lagoon Nebula, Mike
Lagoon Nebula
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Lagoon Nebula

Lagoon Nebula, Mike
Lagoon Nebula
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Lagoon Nebula

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Description

Messier 8, NGC 6523 - Lagoon Nebula

Skywatcher Quattro 10" f4 Newtonian.

Skywatcher AZ Eq6 GT Mount

Orion auto guider - PHD2.

Baader MPCC Mark 3 Coma Corrector, UHC-S 'nebula' filter.

Nikon D300 (unmodified).

Field of view (deg) ~ 1.35 x 0.90.

UHC-S 23 x 240 sec ISO200 (14bit NEF).

PixInsight and Photoshop

2 August 14 (reprocessed PixInsight March 15)

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Lagoon Nebula, Mike