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A look at the “Lagoon nebula” from La Palma
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Astrophotography – Lagoon Nebula (M8)
 | Date | 2013/05/08 |
 | Location | La Palma / Spain |
 | Object | Lagoon Nebula (M8) |
 | Camera | Atik383L+ |
 | Guiding | yes, Lacerta M-Gen autoguider via finderscope |
 | Telescope | Meade LXD55 10 |
 | Barlow lens | none |
 | Mount | EQ6Â Syntrek |
 | Cooling | -15°C |
 | Luminance | 10x 400s, bin: 1x1 |
 | Red | 10x 100s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Green | 10x 100s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Blue | 10x 100s, bin: 2x2 |
 | Dark | 5x |
 | Flat | - |
 | Total exposure | ~1h56m |
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Astrophotography – Lagoon Nebula (M8) with DMK31AU03.AS
Tonight I made a first try with “The Image Source DMK31AU03.AS” on the Lagoon Nebula (M8). This nebula is quite close to the galactic center – that means roughly in this direction is the black hole of our galaxy located!
| Date | 2012/07/14 |
| Location | Böblingen / Germany |
| Object | M8 (Lagoon Nebula) |
| Camera | DMK31AU03.AS |
| Guiding | none |
| Telescope | 8 |
| Barlow lens | none |
| Mount | EQ6Â Syntrek |
| Cooling | none |
| Luminance | 8x 40s |
| Red | none |
| Green | none |
| Blue | none |
| Dark | 4x |
| Flat | none |
| Total exposure | ~5m20sec. |
Here are additional camera parameters I used: Total exposure: ~5m20s, Date: 2012/07/14, Location: Boeblingen / Germany, Camera: DMK31AU03.AS, Telescope: 8″ f/5 GSO Newton, Image type: IR only, L: 8x 40s (IR), Camera settings: Auto max value: 1/30 (auto), Auto reference: 126, Brightness: 20, Gamma: 100, Gain: 1023.
Last updated: September 8, 2020 at 14:02 pm