• NGC 6523, the Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius (M8)
    • M8
    Annotated image
  • NGC 6523, M8 the Lagoon Nebula,
  • is an emission nebula in Sagittarius.
  • Hover over the image for an annotated view.
  • Date:  25 and 27 June 2022
  • FOV:  approximately 110' × 73'; the angular size of M8 is about 40' × 90'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut (10 frames)
  • and Optolong L-eNhance narrow dual band (30 frames)
  • Stacking:  Forty 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  2 hours 40 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPPC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, DynCrop,
  • MStr + SCNRg, GHS, HST, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, StarXT,
  • Stars + Sat, Starless + HDR6, PMath ScreenBlend, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY for 25 June 2022
  • and Kopernik Observatory near Vestal, NY for 27 June 2022