M8 - The Lagoon Nebula

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Hi everyone.

Continued with the long focal length work/fun this month by imaging the Lagoon. There are many different ways to frame M8 at this FL, I hope I've presented a nice view

I remembered to take some shorter subs for the stars this time to combine with the longer subs. I used both the HDR Composition and Masked stretch tools in Pixinsight to combine the data. The Masked Stretch tool was quite handy, I basically followed Harrys method here.

Imaged with the C11 Edge HD with .7x reducer (1960mm FL), Canon 60Da.

46 x 300sec subs for the field. 20 x 30 sec subs for the stars.

Processed in Pixinsight with darks and flats.

Large click here

Thanks for looking

Edit: I added another version with the reds pushed a little.

Cheers

Rod

[jsmoraes (Jorge)]

Very interesting image, with many details of edges of the nebula. Nice stars, with good color, The nebula is a little bit purple; I believe you can enhance its color with more red.

[RickS (Rick)]

Great detail there, Rod. The colour is nice too. Perhaps just a little more red as Jorge suggested?

[tilbrook@rbe.ne (Justin Tilbrook)]

Awesome image Rod!

Nicely processed so much detail.
Versatile scope you have there.

Cheers,

Justin.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Wow! This is a really good shot. Straight to the cool wall. Nailed it!

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Very nicely done!
Ted

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Originally Posted by jsmoraes

Very interesting image, with many details of edges of the nebula. Nice stars, with good color, The nebula is a little bit purple; I believe you can enhance its color with more red.

Thanks for the feedback Jorge I've added a second image with the reds pushed a bit to the original post, what do you think? I like'em both.

Originally Posted by RickS

Great detail there, Rod. The colour is nice too. Perhaps just a little more red as Jorge suggested?

Thanks Rick

Originally Posted by tilbrook@rbe.ne

Awesome image Rod!

Nicely processed so much detail.
Versatile scope you have there.

Cheers,

Justin.

Thanks Justin! Yes the C11 Edge HD is great. Its ability to image at both short and long focal lengths, add the use as a large aperture visual scope was what made it the right choice for me.

Cheers

Originally Posted by multiweb

Wow! This is a really good shot. Straight to the cool wall. Nailed it!

Thanks Marc! I was second guessing the framing but only after I had captured an hour of data, so I just went with it. Glad you like it.

Originally Posted by Star Catcher

Very nicely done!
Ted

Thanks very much Ted!

[pluto (Hugh)]

Excellent details Rod, nice one!

[Amaranthus (Barry)]

Great! You've tempted me to try M8 with my NEX DSLR!

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Originally Posted by pluto

Excellent details Rod, nice one!

Thanks Hugh! I had fun processing this one.

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Great! You've tempted me to try M8 with my NEX DSLR!

That's good to hear Barry! Get out there mate, get as many exposures as you can.