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M8 Lagoon Nebula, Roland Christen
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M8 Lagoon Nebula

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M8 Lagoon Nebula

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Description

Lagoon Nebula from Chile. RGB was added to narrowband Hubble Palette to highlight the star clusters in the nebula.

Telescope:  Astro-Physics 305 F8 Maksutov Cassegrain
Imaging Camera:  ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro
Mount:  Astro-Physics 1600AE encoder mount
Filter: Chroma  5nmHa, 5nm OIII, 5nm SII  50mm square
Software:   MaximDL 6, Adobe Photoshop, Russell Croman NoiseXterminator
Location: Astro-Physics Remote telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile

Exposures:  
18 x 600 sec Ha
41 x 600 sec SII
16 x 30 sec RGB

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M8 Lagoon Nebula, Roland Christen