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M8, the "Lagoon nebula" in Natural colors

M8, the "Lagoon nebula" in Constellation Sagittarius.
Image field is about 30' x 30', half a degrees.

New project, from Northern galactic remote telescope in Australia.
The Lagoon nebula, M8, in ionized light from the Three elements, H-alpha, O-III and S-II.

The telescope and technical information:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9HcYqbvUc4s/S-b4XGoaKCI/AAAAAAAAEVg/lmCuJMbTT-c/s1600/NGTelescopeL.jpg

16" RCOS ja Apogee U9000 camera.
LRGB combo.
H-alpha 4x1200s, Dark and Flat calibrated.
O-III x1200s, Dark calibrated
O-III x1200s, Dark calibrated
Raw data is shared with Petri Kehusmaa and J-P Metsavainio

Processing workflow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v4.xxx
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack.
Deconvolution with a CCDSharp, 30 iterations
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.

M8, the "Lagoon nebula" in Natural colors

M8, the "Lagoon nebula" in Natural colors

M8, the "Lagoon nebula" in Constellation Sagittarius.
Image field is about 30' x 30', half a degrees.

New project, from Northern galactic remote telescope in Australia.
The Lagoon nebula, M8, in ionized light from the Three elements, H-alpha, O-III and S-II.

The telescope and technical information:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9HcYqbvUc4s/S-b4XGoaKCI/AAAAAAAAEVg/lmCuJMbTT-c/s1600/NGTelescopeL.jpg

16" RCOS ja Apogee U9000 camera.
LRGB combo.
H-alpha 4x1200s, Dark and Flat calibrated.
O-III x1200s, Dark calibrated
O-III x1200s, Dark calibrated
Raw data is shared with Petri Kehusmaa and J-P Metsavainio

Processing workflow:
Image acquisition, MaxiDL v4.xxx
Stacked and calibrated in CCDStack.
Deconvolution with a CCDSharp, 30 iterations
Levels, curves and color combine in PS CS3.