The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.
18/09/2011
Canon EOS 1000D
Baader Coma Corrector
10 inch (25cm) F/4 Newtonian Reflector Telescope
NEQ6 PRO Computerised Goto Mount
Orion 80mm ShortTube Guide Scope
Synguider Autoguider
30 x 3 minute exposures
ISO 400
Dark frame subtracted
Images stacked and alligned in Deep Sky Stacker
Final processing in Photoshop Elements 8.0
3Dbrooke
gorgeous!
Oct 13th, 2011 Replyobsidianphotos
Thanks
Oct 16th, 2011 Replykolaboy
Nice one. This is the first nebula I was able to observe telescopically.
Oct 4th, 2011 Replyobsidianphotos
Thank you very much. I'm glad you like it.
Oct 4th, 2011 ReplyThebuild
Looks stunning, almost like there are ripple effects within it.
Sep 27th, 2011 Replyobsidianphotos
Thanks
I'm glad you like it.
Sep 28th, 2011 ReplyThebuild
Not a problem.
Sep 28th, 2011 Replyarwendelyon
Nice one!
Sep 26th, 2011 Replyobsidianphotos
Thank you so much
Sep 27th, 2011 Replyarwendelyon
You're welcome.
Oct 2nd, 2011 ReplyLitavis
You have really captured the pink color very good!
Sep 25th, 2011 Reply Shadowness StaffI would like to see how will you capture the Swan Nebula.Keep it up!
obsidianphotos
Thank you so much for the great feedback
The Swan Nebula is high on my list to image next. It is more of a red emission nebula than the Lagoon, so there won't be any of the blue hues in it. Stay tuned.
Sep 25th, 2011 ReplyBooshi
looks awesome! ♥
Sep 25th, 2011 Replyobsidianphotos
Thank you so much
Sep 25th, 2011 ReplyBooshi
♥
Sep 26th, 2011 Reply