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This was data that I was capturing while working on another mosaic.
This was also my first time in blending hydrogen alpha data in to the luminance, as well as into the red and blue channels. I think it has turned out nicely.
Target: The Lagoon Nebula (M8), The Trifid Nebula (M20) and M21 in Sagittarius
Date(s): 2018; July: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th and 15th
Location: Gordon, ACT, Australia
Detector: SBIG STL-11000M at -20 degrees Celsius
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106N
Focal length: 530mm
Mount: Losmandy G-11 (Gemini)
Guide scope: Takahashi FS-60CB
Guide camera: SBIG Remote Guide Head
Exposure: Nebula L(Ha)R(Ha)GB(Ha) (120 120 120 120 720); total: 20 hours in 300 second subexposures for LRGB and 1800 second subexposures for Ha
Exposure: LRGBHa bin 1x1
Software: MaxIm DL 5, CCD Commander, FocusMax, PinPoint, PixInsight and Photoshop
Comments, critique, etc., most welcome.
Thank you for looking.
H