Date: 5/30/2020
Description: The Lagoon Nebula (M8) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region [Ref: WikiPedia]
Sky Conditions: Clear skies with some high clouds, FWHM: 3.3 arc sec/pixel
Imaging: Exposure: Color de-bayered 3 hours (90 x 120 sec) at 1x1bin using Celestron LPF over three separate days
Guiding: Unguided
Equipment:
ZWO ASI 183 Color Pro -10 deg C
8” RASA at F2
Paramount ME Mount
SW: SkyX, PixIsight - calibration with darks, bias and color correction (weighted batch processing, auto-script merge and noise reduction)
Observatory site : Northern VA