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The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023, Randy Reece
The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023
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The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023

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The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023, Randy Reece
The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023
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The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023

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Description

M20 & M8
The Trifid Nebula & The Lagoon Nebula
Captured June 29 - July 15, 2022, Re-Edited December 2023
Total Exposure Time:  7 Hours, 36 minutes

Sub-Frames:
Luminance Filter - 50 X 180 seconds
Red Filter - 30 X 180 seconds
Blue Filter - 30 X 180 seconds
Green Filter - 30 X 180 seconds
Ha Filter - 12 X 180 seconds
30 dark frames, 150 flat frames/ 150 dark flat frames

Equipment:
-ZWO ASI1600MM Pro mono CMOS camera, running at -10° C
-ZWO 8 position filter wheel, Baader Planetarium LRGB filters
-William Optics RedCat 51, F4.9, 250mm Focal Length
-Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro Go-To Computerized GEM mount
-Starwave 50mm guide scope, ASI120M (Mono) Guide Camera
-Kendrick Firefly Dew Heaters
-ZWO EAF (Electronic Automatic Focuser)
-Pegasus Pocket Power Box
-SkyShed Roll-Off-Roof (ROR) Observatory

Captured using ASCOM, EQMOD, APT (Astrophotography Tool), PHD2
Processed with Deep SkyStacker, StarTools and GIMP

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  • The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023, Randy Reece
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Title: The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023

Description: A Re-edit of some old data, with some new skills and techniques learned in my editing programs.
Exposure times are down, but a stricter edit weeding out the bad subframes paid off

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The Lagoon Nebula (M8) & The Trifid Nebula (M20) LRGB + Ha, July 2023 Re-Edit December 2023, Randy Reece