Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  9 Sgr  ·  B296  ·  B89  ·  Hourglass nebula  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  Sh2-25  ·  The star 9Sgr
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M8 Lagoon, 



    
        

            lowenthalm
Powered byPixInsight

M8 Lagoon

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M8 Lagoon, 



    
        

            lowenthalm
Powered byPixInsight

M8 Lagoon

Acquisition details

Dates:
May 13, 2018
Frames:
66×2(2′ 12″)
Integration:
2′ 12″
Avg. Moon age:
27.37 days
Avg. Moon phase:
5.21%

RA center: 18h04m34s.110

DEC center: -24°2234.100

Pixel scale: 0.997 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 20.749 degrees

Field radius: 0.334 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 1985x1347

File size: 16.2 MB

Locations: Hancock Field Station, Fossil, Oregon, United States

Data source: Unknown

Description

Just had entered into early morning astronomical twilight when I captured the core of M8 as a last target for the night. Only had time for a couple minutes exposure, so its a lucky thing the nebula is so darn bright. Just a small amount of additional adjustment to contrast expansion, color balance and sharpening was applied after saving it out of SharpCap. The seeing wasn't great, so nebula color actually bled into some of the dimmer stars.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M8 Lagoon, 



    
        

            lowenthalm

In these public groups

Astrophotography with Dobson

In these collections

All
Hancock