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The Lagoon Nebula (NGC 6523) is a 6.0 magnitude diffuse nebulae with a cluster of young stars which has formed from the nebula's material. The Lagoon is 5200 light years distant.
The image above was taken with the ST-8E camera at f/5 on the new FSQ 106N and AP900 from Mistletoe Observatory in Monmouth Oregon Aug 10, 2007. It is an RGB composite (as detailed below) with a total exposure time of 40 min. Calibration and alignment were done in MaxIm DL. Final processing was done with Photoshop.
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Filter |
Exposure | Count | Binning |
| Luminance | (none) | ||
| Red | 10 min | 10 x 1 min | 1x1 |
| Green | 10 min | 10 x 1 min | 1x1 |
| Blue | 20 min | 10 x 2 min | 1x1 |
This previous attempt was from July 25, 1998 at the Table Mountain Star Party.
The image above is a single 30 second image taken at f/3.3 with the 12" LX200 and 416XT CCD .