Lagoon Nebula (M8) - Color

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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

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