Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr
M8 Lagoon Nebula under Southern Skies, Martin Dowd
M8 Lagoon Nebula under Southern Skies
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M8 Lagoon Nebula under Southern Skies

M8 Lagoon Nebula under Southern Skies, Martin Dowd
M8 Lagoon Nebula under Southern Skies
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M8 Lagoon Nebula under Southern Skies

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Imaged the Lagoon Nebula for the first time this year with my new rig with pleasing results under less than ideal conditions ( poor seeing , full moon , Bortle 8 skies and late heavy dew ) 

Location : Backyard Sydney,  Australia
Sky : Bortle 8
Conditions : Poor to average seeing
Moon : Full Moon 99% 
8” f5 Klaus Helmerich Carbon fibre Newt
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount
ZWO 2600MC cooled to -10C , Ascom Gain 100
Antlia ALPT Dualband 5nm filter 
Orion 60mm guide scope with helical focuser 
ZWO 120MM -S guide camera , Gain 65
150 x 2 min dithered subs 
40 x Flats
60 x Bias 
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.65 to 0.80 ) guiding progressively got worse after midnight 
EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium 
Captured with APT
Stacked in Derp Sky Stacker 
Processed in Startools v1.8 
Data set loaded via Compose , chose OSC Bicolor preset 
Color module used an SHO preset in the Matrix 

Comments welcome 

Thanks for looking

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M8 Lagoon Nebula under Southern Skies, Martin Dowd