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M8 - The Lagoon Nebula, wadeh237
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M8 - The Lagoon Nebula

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M8 - The Lagoon Nebula

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This is M8, the Lagoon Nebula, taken during the 2016 Golden State Star Party.

Equipment Used:

Stellarvue SV80ST @ F/6

SBIG ST-10XME with Astrodon Gen1 LRGB filters

Astro-Physics AP1600GTO-CP3

Exposures were 25x60 luminance, 12x120 red, 12x120 green and 20x120 blue, all taken on the night of 6/29/2016.

Calibration through integration was done with CCDStack. The remainder of processing was done in PixInsight.

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M8 - The Lagoon Nebula, wadeh237