M8 Lagoon Nebula

Messier 8 (M8), also known as the Lagoon Nebula, is a large, bright emission nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius. The star-forming nebula has an apparent magnitude of 6.0 and lies at a distance of 4,100 light years from Earth. It has the designation NGC 6523 in the New General Catalogue.

 

The Lagoon Nebula is currently undergoing a period of active star formation and has already formed a sizable cluster of stars. NGC 6530, the extremely young open cluster formed from the material of M8, has a visual magnitude of 4.6 and covers an area of 14 arc minutes in the sky. It is centred in the eastern part of the nebula.

Source: www.messier-objects.com/messier-8-lagoon-nebula/

 

Imaging session: August 29 2023

iTelescope T71 support.itelescope.net/support/solutions/articles/251753-...

Mount: Paramount MyT

OTA Imaging: Takahashi Epsilon 180ED f2.8 500mm

Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM

 

Light Exposures:

Luminescence .. 6 x 180s

Red ........... 6x 180s

Green ......... 6 x 180s

Blue .......... 6 x 180s

 

Total integration time: 1.2 hours

 

Processing

Method eg Pixinsight -> Topaz DeNoise AI -> -> Topaz SharpenAI -> Photoshop

 

Done