2015-07-18 Council Bluff Lake MO

Post date: Jul 19, 2015 9:42:22 PM

NGC6523 (M8) the Lagoon Nebula

NGC6523 (M8) with a 150mm aperture F/5 Newtonian reflector, Baader coma corrector, Baader UV-IR cut filter and Nikon D5200 Full Spectrum (B) modified camera at prime focus. Total exposure of 57 minutes at ISO-800 with 19 light at 3 min, 10 dark, 20 bias frames. Autoguided with a modified Orion 50mm Magnificent Mini + StarShoot Autoguider camera, modified to F/5.

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