M8: processing data from the RASC Robotic Telescope at Sierra Remote Observatories. Added a fantastical version. (Rick Veregin)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: B296 · B88 · B89 · LBN 25 · LBN 26 · Lagoon Nebula · M 8 · NGC 6523 · NGC 6526 · NGC 6530 · The star 7Sgr · The star 9Sgr

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M8: processing data from the RASC Robotic Telescope at Sierra Remote Observatories. Added a fantastical version.

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M8: processing data from the RASC Robotic Telescope at Sierra Remote Observatories. Added a fantastical version.

The M8 imaging data comes from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope at Sierra Remote Observatories, Auberry, California.
Telescope           RCOS 16" f/8.9 (3550mm focal length)
CCD Camera       SBIG STX16803 16MP (4096 x 4096)
Mount Paramount ME
Filters    SBIG LRGB and Ha (7nm)
Date July 2021
Lum at 16x900s = 4 hrs (1x1)
Halpha at 8x1800s = 4hrs (1x1)
RBG each at 8x600s = 4 hrs total (2x2)
16 Bias, 16 darks, 10 flats for each set

For my processing I focused on bringing out the wonderful dark lanes and Bok gobules, the latter are protostellar dark, collapsing clouds. Most of my processing was in Startools. I did use a manual APF-R protocol (multi-scale unsharp masking) in Photoshop CC to bring out details. I also did final color balance, noise reduction (Carboni's actions), levels adjustment and crop in Photoshop CC. The two versions were done similarly, however, in the second image I took a much more fantastical approach to the processing, the first was more realistic.

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Description: A more fantastical image, having some fun!

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RA (center)	18h04m01s.156
RA (top/left)	18h02m26s.450
RA (top/right)	18h04m46s.970
RA (bottom/right)	18h05m35s.663
RA (bottom/left)	18h03m16s.395

Dec (center)	-24°19′55″.83
Dec (top/left)	-24°27′21″.18
Dec (top/right)	-24°40′20″.95
Dec (bottom/right)	-24°12′26″.24
Dec (bottom/left)	-23°59′31″.20

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