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Exposure: 7x5 minutes
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Telescope: Stellarvue SV80S @ f/5.98
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Mount: Meade LX200 w/ super wedge
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Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM CCD, SBIG CFW-8
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Location: My backyard in Goleta, CA
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Date/Time: August 21, 2003, 21:52-22:36 PDT
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Processing: Taken, and reduced in CCDSoft v5. Combined with Ray
Gralak's
Sigma Clip. Curves applied in Photoshop. Unsharp mask in
Photoshop.
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Notes: First image with the new SV80S APO refractor. See here
for a first light evaluation of the optics in this nice scope.
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Name: M8, The Lagoon Nebula, NGC 6523
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Type: Emission Nebula and Star Cluster
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Constellation: Sagittarius
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Distance: 5200 light years
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Angular Diameter: 90' x 40'
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About the
Lagoon Nebula
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