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
Comments Welcome
Normal frame size and cropped area versions
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