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Lagoon Nebula ( M8 NGC6523 ) Size: 1° x 35' Magnitude: 6.00 RA: 18:03:48 DEC: 00:23:00 Best obeserved in June at midnight Scope: Astro-Physics 155mm f/7, Astro-Physics 900 QMD Imaging Method: prime focus Camera/CCD: SBIG STL 11000XM Location: Namibia Condition: Seeing: - - Transparency: 6 / 10 Exposure: L: 10x 5 minutes (1x1 binning), Ha: 7x 10 minutes (1x1 binning), R(3) G(5) B(3) x 5 minutes (2x2 binning) Description: SBIG RGB filterset, MaxIm DL, PhotoShop, also visible lower left corner: M20 Trifid Nebula Photographer: Stefan Seip, 18.05.2004 photo ranked: 6.60 with 100 votes (not realtime, last updated: 13.11.2009 12:50) References to more Photos: High Resolution Version of this Photo (will open new window)   More of Lagoon Nebula ( M8 NGC6523 )   More of SBIG STL 11000XM   More of Astro-Physics 155mm f/7, Astro-Physics 900 QMD   More of Stefan Seip   More of prime focus If you want to judge the quality of that photo, please... (Be fair and take into account that faint and small objects are more difficult than bright and big ones!) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] © 1997 - 2010 astroscopic labs for design and web programming - photo or article is copyrighted by the photographer or author, respectively