M8 Lagoon Nebula in SHO (Joey Troy)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: 7 Sgr · 9 Sgr · B296 · B85 · B88 · B89 · LBN 25 · LBN 26 · LBN 27 · LBN 31 · LDN 180 · LDN 232 · Lagoon Nebula · M 20 · M 21 · M 8 · NGC 6514 · NGC 6523 · NGC 6526 · NGC 6530 · NGC 6531 · NGC 6546 · Sh2-25 · Sh2-28 · Sh2-30 · The star 7 Sgr · The star 9 Sgr · Trifid Nebula

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M8 Lagoon Nebula in SHO

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M8 Lagoon Nebula in SHO

This was captured at the GNTO in the early morning. I have been trying to capture the Lagoon for three seasons now. The first image I took of M8 was with a DLSR connected to my StarSense Telescope. I took 1400x1s shots unguided in October 2020 but didn't have much to show for it https://joeytroy.com/barn-door-or-bust/ as I was still learning how to process images without PixInisight. The second try was last year in June 2021 https://joeytroy.com/battery-time/ and I was able to capture some amazing Ha but it was only 3x500s that was cut short due to a wicked wind storm that sent us all home from the GNTO. Finally, after three seasons of waiting, I finally was able to capture the Lagoon. While only 54 minutes of data I feel I was able to show the subtle internal structure of the nebula by manipulating the oxygen colors and accenting the internal structure with the outer dark layer in Ha.

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RA (center)	18h04m29s.82
RA (top/left)	18h07m30s.22
RA (top/right)	18h08m22s.15
RA (bottom/right)	18h01m32s.86
RA (bottom/left)	18h00m33s.48

Dec (center)	-23°40′22″.5
Dec (top/left)	-24°56′37″.1
Dec (top/right)	-22°32′08″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-22°23′56″.0
Dec (bottom/left)	-24°48′16″.9

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