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M8

This is my image of Messier 8, more commonly brefered to as The Lagoon Nebula. The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from very dark skies in mid-northern latitudes.

 

Distance to Earth: 4,077 light years

Coordinates: RA 18h 3m 37s | Dec -24° 23′ 12″

Diameter: 33 light-years

 

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Total integration time 2hrs

80x90s light frames with Optalong L-Pro filter.

ZwoASI071 pro color camera

Skywatcher EQ6R-PRO Mount

ZWOasi Air mini Astronomy Computer used for Capturing

Skywatcher Evoguide 50 Apochromatic Guidscope

ZWOasi 091 mono guide camera

Pre-processed in Pixinsight

Post Processed in Photoshop

Finalized in Topaz Labs De-noise AI

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Uploaded on June 22, 2022