Lagoon and Unknown 29 May 2009

[Astrobserver99]

Two Images from last night

C8 SCT f/10, Canon 300D, HEQ5Pro, Guided

Left- Lagoon Nebula, 5 min exposure. I had the Skyglow 1A filter attached, seems to have caused a lot of signal loss, needs more exposure. My first shot of Lagoon Nebula

Right- Unknown, 42s exposure. I found this near Crux while looking for IC 2944. Anyone know what it is? I believe it's one of the planetary nebula around IC2944. Let me know if I'm wrong though.

Cheers, Rob

[RobF]

Tracking seems good Rob, which is easier said than done at that FL for 5mins. I find my pollution filter takes out about 20-30% available light, which is ok if it reduces orange washout. Have you done much processing and stretching to the Lagoon? May well be a lot more that can be revealed.

Can't help with the 2nd one sorry - there are gurus here that may recognise though.

R

[glenc]

Rob I think image 2 is not a PN.