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M8, Lagoon Nebula, in   Halpha, Steven Christensen
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M8, Lagoon Nebula, in Halpha

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M8, Lagoon Nebula, in   Halpha, Steven Christensen
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M8, Lagoon Nebula, in Halpha

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Description

Almost full Moon, poor transparency, limited exposures due to trees. Very noisy conditions. Mostly an experiment to see what can be done with narrowband from my driveway.

Stellarvue 70mm triplet scope

Atik 460ex camera

Orion Atlas Pro mount

Starlight Instruments Filter Wheel

Astrodon 5nm Ha filter

Starlight Instruments focuser

Stellarvue .8 focal reducer

Orion 50mm Guide Scope

Lodestar X2 Guide Camera

Polemaster

Sequence Generator Pro (Capture and Plate Solving with PlateSolve2) Control of mount, camera, filters, and focus.

PHD2 guiding

Ha: 22 x 120sec frames

44 minutes total.

Stacked, manipulated, and combined with bias and flats in Pixinsight and finished in Photoshop CC.

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M8, Lagoon Nebula, in   Halpha, Steven Christensen