Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr
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Deep sky first light VC200L, Richard Muhlack
Deep sky first light VC200L
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Deep sky first light VC200L

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My first opportunity for "deep sky first light" with this newly acquired modified VC200L. Also 'first light' for my new guiding setup, which uses a 500mm f8 Rubinar mirror lens as a guide scope for a QHY5 using a Geoptik adapter.

This image is a HDR stack of 12 x 1min & 30 x 5min dithered and calibrated subs using the 0.71x focal reducer to give a focal length of 1278mm f6.4.

An early morning capture over two days in the brief window between moon set and the beginning of astronomical twilight. This is just a quick process with PixInsight. Framing could probably be better but I was under the pump to get at least some subs out before it got light.

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Deep sky first light VC200L, Richard Muhlack