M8 Lagoon Nebula

[Astrod00d]

The evening of July 3 was cold and clear in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and a great opportunity to try out the new 127mm refractor from Gilman in Nanjing.
I certainly enjoyed the night under a clear sky!

127ED triplet
6x900s, QHY8 gain 1, offset 119
Median stacked in DSS, processing in Photoshop
EQ6 mount, guided with a webcam on an ST80 using GuideDog.

For a large 1580x1580, 950k image, follow this link:
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~robk/astronomy/images/M8_08070302.jpg

As usual, comments and suggestions are most welcome!


Cheers,

Rob

[iceman]

Really nice, Rob. That's a beauty!

[Garyh]

Not bad Rob! nice result!
I would prefer a little more contrast in the neb myself and a little more magenta but well guided, and nice star colors!
cheers

[peeb61]

Awesome Rob...colours etc...you have excelled again!

Paul

[renormalised]

Nice piccie:):)

[gregbradley]

Excellent image. Great tracking, nice star colours, the nebula colour looks good. Really well done.

Gotta love refractor images - they rock.

Greg.

[jase]

Well done Rob. Indeed, you've managed/maintained the star colours very well. A visually pleasing feast.

[Bassnut]

Nice one Rob, lots of stars. A little washed out, perhaps a little more time with curves in PS.

[Bassnut]

Why :whistle: