Chuck Manges
M 08 The Lagoon Nebula
Another project from the worst part of my viewing location. Why can't all the good ones be straight overhead!
The Lagoon Nebula:
#8 of Charles Messier's "not comet" list,the Lagoon Nebula is a cloud of ionized hydrogen estimated to be 4000-6000 light years from earth. It can be seen with the naked eye as a gray/green patch in the constellation of Sagittarius.The center or core is illuminated by a hot,massive bluish star with an output one million times that of our own sun, most of which is ultraviolet radiation. Almost in the center of the photo can be seen NGC 6530, an open cluster of young stars formed from material within the nebula
Orion ED102T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope.-RGB
Orion ST-80T "guide scope"-Ha
Orion Sirius German-equatorial Computerized Goto Mount
Images aquired using APT
Guided with Starshoot Autoguider and 50mm guide scope
Aligned and stacked with Nebulosity
Post-process with StarTools GIMP & Windows Live Photo
29 total frames: (3hrs 25min) with an equal # of dark frames
Ha-5x300 5x600 3x900 iso 800 Canon T3(modified) with Astronomik Ha clip-in filter
RGB-5x60 6x300 5x600 iso 800 Canon T3i no filters
sites.google.com/site/astrochuck123
*****Check out my "terrestrial" pictures on:
www.flickr.com/photos/78400750@N07/
M 08 The Lagoon Nebula
Another project from the worst part of my viewing location. Why can't all the good ones be straight overhead!
The Lagoon Nebula:
#8 of Charles Messier's "not comet" list,the Lagoon Nebula is a cloud of ionized hydrogen estimated to be 4000-6000 light years from earth. It can be seen with the naked eye as a gray/green patch in the constellation of Sagittarius.The center or core is illuminated by a hot,massive bluish star with an output one million times that of our own sun, most of which is ultraviolet radiation. Almost in the center of the photo can be seen NGC 6530, an open cluster of young stars formed from material within the nebula
Orion ED102T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope.-RGB
Orion ST-80T "guide scope"-Ha
Orion Sirius German-equatorial Computerized Goto Mount
Images aquired using APT
Guided with Starshoot Autoguider and 50mm guide scope
Aligned and stacked with Nebulosity
Post-process with StarTools GIMP & Windows Live Photo
29 total frames: (3hrs 25min) with an equal # of dark frames
Ha-5x300 5x600 3x900 iso 800 Canon T3(modified) with Astronomik Ha clip-in filter
RGB-5x60 6x300 5x600 iso 800 Canon T3i no filters
sites.google.com/site/astrochuck123
*****Check out my "terrestrial" pictures on:
www.flickr.com/photos/78400750@N07/