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Old 16-06-2020, 04:02 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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Location: Sydney and South Coast NSW
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M8 Lagoon from Sydney

Captured over the last 2 nights in Sydney under ordinary seeing conditions, managed to salvage 2 hours of reasonable data on the Lagoon Nebula
Neighbours outside lights on both sides ( 2 storey homes )
And smoke in the air from combustion fires in the area
Winge, winge , winge
6” f6 Bintel newt on an EQ6-R Mount
Canon 600D with Baader coma corrector ( filters )
Sensor electronics running at 22 deg C
ISO 800
Bortle 8 skies
85 x 90 sec dithered guided subs
30 x darks
PHD2 guiding at 1.20 to 1.50 arc sec error ( very poor for this rig , conditions the main culprit)
Goto and tracking EQMOD, StellariumScope and Stellarium
Frame, focus and capture BYEOS
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.5 Linear data set

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