M8 / NGC6559

Lagoon Nebula & NGC6559 in Emission-Line

M8 / NGC6559

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Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Sagittarius

Distance

5,200 ly

Capture Details

Date

June 16, 2012

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

SII 6x15, Ha 8x15, OIII 6x15 (bin 1x1) as RGB

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FS-60C Refractor

Focal Length

285mm @f/4.7

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, 3nm Ha, 6nm OIII

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop