M8 Lagoon 100 Mins Data - Large Pic

[2020BC (Bill Christie)]

Subject: M8 Lagoon Nebula
Main Scope: Orion 80ED with crosshairs
Guide Scope: LXD-75 SN-8
Mount: Meade LXD-75
Camera: Canon 350D unmodified
Exposure: 100 mins total (10x3minsISO800 man-guided; + 7X4Mins man-guided; and 14x3minsISO1600 auto-guided)
Process: MaxDSLR & Photoshop & Noiseware

Data collected on three nights. A mix of manual and auto guiding. This has taken quite a lot of time to process.

Here's what I believe is my best Lagoon: click here (290KB)

[RAJAH235]

Wow!...Bill. Nailed another beauty. Lovely pic. . L.

[tornado33]

well done, great to see a great result of putting in so much imaging and processing time
Scott

[Robby]

That's very nice. Well done. Stars slighly bloated for a refractor. Perhaps a touch out of focus or just poor seeing.
Still a stunning image. Can you see the rabbit? I call it the rabbit nebula, and always look for it in M8 shots. It stands out well in your shot.
Cheers

[Lester]

Hi Bill,

love the colour in your image. Well done.

Can't find the pesky wabbit!

[RB (Andrew)]

Very beautiful shot Bill, well done.

[Robby]

Originally Posted by Lester

Can't find the pesky wabbit!

Right here Lester..

[iceman (Mike)]

That's a very fine image!