M8 - Lagoon Nebula

Object: ..... M8, the Lagoon Nebula in false colour

Date: ..... 12.06.2010

Mount: ..... Losmandy G11 on Berlebach Uni-4c

Optics: ..... SV105 (105/735) Triplet APO with WO 0.8x reducer

Camera: ..... Sigma3200 with SX USB Filter wheel and 13nm Astronomik Ha and O3 filters

Chip temperature: .... -15°C (regulated)

Exposure: ..... 11 x 300s Ha and 13 x 360s O3

Binning: 1x1

Processing: ..... Stacking (Lights, Darks, Flats, Bias), Noise Reduction, Histogram adjustement, blooming removal, deconvolution, colour synthesis (R-G-B=Ha-O3-O3), all with Astroart 4.0 and IP 3.8

Guiding: ..... Autoguiding with SW 70/500, Meade DSI Pro and GPUSB/PHD

Comments: good seeing and medium transparency