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Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20), mhtandy
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Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20)

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Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20)

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A very nice pair of emission nebulae in Sagittarius. This was taken at the coast in NC, with great seeing conditions over the ocean. Someone was setting off large fireworks nearby, but fortunately it didn't interfere with the any of the images .

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  • Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20), mhtandy
    Original
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  • Final
    Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20), mhtandy
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C

Description: In this revision: darks and dark flats applied, also moderate star reduction in Starnet++. Really happy with the result. Starting out with very low light pollution made this one much easier to process.

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D

Description: Cropped to highlight M8 - temporarily marked as "Final". Slight adjustments in Camera Raw Filter.

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E

Description: Nothing but clouds in the forecast, so I'm reviewing older images. I re-stacked and processed this from scratch, using new processing techniques I've learned. In this version, color was enhanced using Selective Color in Photoshop, also no star reduction.

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Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20), mhtandy