M 08 The Lagoon Nebula in HST palette/DSLR narrowband

I thought I was done with the Lagoon, but I couldn't help adding some SII to the previous image(seen below)

The darker dust lanes are more evident,stars tighter & this image isn't as harsh as the first. Someday I'll figure this out!

 

R=Ha 5x300 5x600 3x900 iso 800 Canon T3(modified) with Astronomik Ha clip-in filter

B=OIII 4x600 iso 800 Canon T3i with Astronomik OIII clip-in filter

G=SII 5x600 iso 800 Canon T3(modified) with Astronomik SII clip-in filter

 

Orion ED102T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope. OIII

Orion ST-80T "guide scope"-Ha & SII

Orion Sirius German-equatorial Computerized Goto Mount

Images aquired using APT

Guided with Starshoot Autoguider and 50mm guide scope

 

Budget software processing:(I should just get photoshop!)

Aquired with APT www.ideiki.com/astro/

Pre-process and demosaic with Nebulosity www.stark-labs.com/

Scaling and stretch using FITS Liberator www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/

Reduced noise and converted to BMP using Paint.net

Aligned and scaled manually with GIMP

RGB combine with StarTools startools.org/drupal/

Post-process with StarTools, GIMP & Windows Live Photo

 

 

 

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Done