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M8 in Sagittarius along with M17 is the visual best of the summer nebulae
from the northern hemisphere. M8 is primarily an emission nebula and
has many bright and beautiful open star clusters. Visually in moderate
aperture telescopes, the central dark dust lane is easily seen and lots of
detail of the brighter regions is evident. The nebula is large enough
that it easily fills the field of view at moderate magnifications.
Photographically the nebula comes to life with much more detail and many Bok
globules becoming evident. These are regions of denser gas and dust
and are nurseries for protostars being born in this nebula.
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Date: 7/14/2007
Location:
CRO
Telescope: LX200 10" SCT, f/6.3
Mount: AP-1200
Camera: Hutech modified
Canon 350D, ISO 800
Exposure Count: 28 @ 5 minutes, 2 hours, 20 minutes total
exposure.
Guiding: CCD Soft with ST402ME, Orion 80ED
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Post Processing: |
ImagesPlus: Dark and flat calibration, align and
combine, digital development
Photoshop CS2: Smart sharpen, levels, curves
Neat Image: Noise reduction
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