M8

Lagoon Nebula

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Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Sagittarius

Distance

5,200 ly

Capture Details

Date

August 10, 2018

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Lum 3x5, SII 8x15, Ha 12x15, OIII 8x15 (bin 1x1) as RGB

Equipment

Optics

DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph

Focal Length

1867mm @f/7.3

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

FLI ML-6303E

Focuser

Built-in Secondary Focuser

Filters

FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon 3nm SII, Ha, OIII, Gen 2 L

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop