Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr
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M8  TMB152 SHO  --  My 1st APOD 8-3-2005, Michael Sherick
M8  TMB152 SHO  --  My 1st APOD 8-3-2005
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M8 TMB152 SHO -- My 1st APOD 8-3-2005

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M8  TMB152 SHO  --  My 1st APOD 8-3-2005, Michael Sherick
M8  TMB152 SHO  --  My 1st APOD 8-3-2005
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M8 TMB152 SHO -- My 1st APOD 8-3-2005

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Now placing my images on Astrobin...   I wanted to share my first APOD done back in 2005.  The Lagoon Nebula imaged for SHO.  Actually...   This was when I first started CCD Imaging, and was one of my first Narrowband images.

Outer region intentionally blurred for compositional effect.

The telescope OTA was an instrument that I built using 6" APO f8 optics designed by Thomas Beck, and a 3" FeatherTouch Focuser.  This was imaged from Camarillo, California.   I mounted this rather large scope on top of a Meade 10" scope/mount (quite a strange setup).  The camera was a SBIG STL-6303 (which I still have).

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M8  TMB152 SHO  --  My 1st APOD 8-3-2005, Michael Sherick