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| Date: 16/04/2010 |
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Name: Lagoon Nebula - M8 The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light years from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90' by 40', translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. Like many nebulas, it appears pink in time-exposure colour photos but is gray to the eye peering through binoculars or a telescope, human vision having poor colour sensitivity at low light levels. The nebula contains a number of Bok globules - dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material - the most prominent of which have been catalogued by E. E. Barnard as B88, B89 and B296.
This imagine was taken whilst at Watson's Way Country Stay which is N/E of Mukinbudin in Western Australia.
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| Location: Watson's Way - Mukinbudin | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Camera: Canon 20D - LP Filter Removed | Alignment Method: Automatic | |
| Optics: Skywatcher ED80. | Stacking Mode: Mosaic | |
| Exposure: 800ASA - 4 x 5m + 1600 43 x 1m | RGB BKG Cal: Yes | |
| Total Exposure: 1 Hours 03 Minutes. | Per Channel Cal: Yes | |
| Guiding: DSI on Mead LX200R. | Method: Median Kappa-Sigma K=2/I=5 | |
| Filter: Astronomik UV-IR Block | Darks: No | |
| Focus: Bahtinov Mask | Flat: No | |
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| RA (J2000): 18 h 3.8 Min | Levels, Colour Balance, Curves, Saturation Scaling, jpeg Conversion. | |
| DEC (J2000): - 24 Deg 23 Min | ||
| Constellation: Sagittarius | ||
| Distance: 4,310 Light Years |