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Old 06-07-2013, 09:21 PM
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M8 Lagoon Nebula

Hi Folks

The attached image of M8 was made up of 4 x 5 minute exposures at an ISO of 800. The images were processed with darks and flat field using Nebulosity 3.0 and PS CS-5.

It was my first night of imaging using an Orion ST80 mm guide scope mounted on top of a SW BD ED120 APO on an EQ5 mount. Prior to getting the guide scope the best subs I'd been getting were only 25 seconds in length!

Any suggestions for improvements would be much appreciated.

PS The reason for only having the four subs was that it was only a test run once the guide scope and software had been set up. I'm looking forward to being able to collect more data.

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