Object Info | |
Object Name | The Lagoon Nebula, The Hourglass Nebula, M8, NGC6523 |
Type | Emission Nebula |
Centered at: | RA18:03.8 DEC-24.23 |
Constellation | Sagittarius |
Magnitude | 5.8 |
Size | 100 Light Years |
Distance | 4,900 light years |
Age | 2 million years |
Dimensions | 90 x 40 arcminutes |
Image Field | 68'82" x 102'09" |
Notes |
This is a HaRGB Image.
A Schuler (10nm) Hydrogen Alpha Filter was used. William-Optics Minus-Violet filter used for all exposures. |
Taken from: |
Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S |
On: | 8th-Jun-2003 |
Image Info | |
Telescope | Synta 102mm f5 Achromat Refractor |
Focal Length | 500 millimetres |
Telescope guiding | ST10 Self-Guiding with AO7 Adaptive Optics |
Telescope control | Astrometric Sky Walker II |
CCD camera | SBIG ST-10xe |
Camera cooling | Regulated Thermoelectric |
Camera pixels | 2184 x 1472 x 6.8um |
Image scale | 2.8 arcseconds per pixel unbinned |
Processed with: | Mira A/P, Maxim DL, AIP4Win, CCDSharp, Photoshop |
Hydrogen Alpha Exposures | Ha = 40 minutes taken as 5-minutes unbinned. |
Image Calibrations | All sub-images Dark Subtracted, Flat Fielded. |