Lagoon Nebula Test Shot

[furgle]

My first time using a refractor, after learning astrophotgraphy the hard way with an 11" SCT. Things seem so much more forgiving when you're not working at 2800mm.

Full resolution here (http://adam.lundie.com.au/astrophotography/Revisiting_the_Lagoon_Nebula_with_a _new_telescope_/Revisiting_the_Lagoon_Nebula_with_a _new_telescope__20160609.html)

Image:



66x 300s Luminance bin1x1
16x 150s Red
14x 150s Green
11x 150s Blue

Total exposure 7 hours 12 minutes.


Hardware:



Skywatcher Black Diamond ED120
SkyWatcher EQ8 Mount
QSI 683-ws Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik Typ 2c LRGB filters
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider

[gregbradley]

Really nice Adam.The stars in particular look very good.

Greg.

[Atmos]

Nice looking Lagoon Adam. It must be so much easier working at the lower focal lengths! The longest I've worked at so far is 750mm :lol: