This is a stack of 700 x 2.54 second integrated (x128) frames from a B&W security video camera. Total exposure time 29.5 minutes.
Subject: M8 Core and Hourglass Nebula;
Scope: LXD-75 SN-8 prime-focus (Focal length = 812mm);
Camera: Mintron 13V1C x128, AGC Max, Gamma 0.45, Astronomik CLS filter;
Exposure: 29.5 minutes (700 x 128 frames);
Date: 05Aug06;
Process: Astrovideo (Aligned and stacked). Photoshop curves and unsharp mask.
Moon affected (80% waxing).