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I had me a little play with the mosaic function for my Astronomy Group's target of the month earlier, the Lagoon Nebula, with a bonus Trifid Nebula thrown in there as well. Only about an hour's exposure, with these bright objects.

#Astronomy
#Astrophotography
#SouthernHemisphereAstronomy
#SmartTelescope
#Dwarf3
#DrivewayAstrophotography
#BackyardAstronomy
#TrifidNebula #LagoonNebula #Astrodon

I had me a little play with the mosaic function for my Astronomy Group's target of the month earlier, the Lagoon Nebula, with a bonus Trifid Nebula thrown in there as well. Only about an hour's exposure, with these bright objects.

#Astronomy
#Astrophotography
#SouthernHemisphereAstronomy
#SmartTelescope
#Dwarf3
#DrivewayAstrophotography
#BackyardAstronomy
#TrifidNebula #LagoonNebula #Astrodon

Cold and crisp, and long winter solstice time nights have made for great observation times here in #PerthWesternAustralia . So now that it's come over all cloudy and rainy it's time to do some processing.

I have been catching a couple of snippets of things at the end of a longer project, and this is one of them. The Lagoon Nebula says hi!

Just 55 minutes.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #DrivewayAstrophotography #BackyardAstronomy #Nebula #LagoonNebula #Astrodon

Cold and crisp, and long winter solstice time nights have made for great observation times here in #PerthWesternAustralia . So now that it's come over all cloudy and rainy it's time to do some processing.

I have been catching a couple of snippets of things at the end of a longer project, and this is one of them. The Lagoon Nebula says hi!

Just 55 minutes.

#Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernHemisphereAstronomy #SmartTelescope #Dwarf3 #DrivewayAstrophotography #BackyardAstronomy #Nebula #LagoonNebula #Astrodon

Last night I tried something a little different.

I got my #Dwarf2 out, and ran a couple of sessions on the #LagoonNebula ( #M8 ).

The first was in the near-infrared, using a SVBony IR pass filter.

The second, slightly shorter one, was in unfiltered RGB.

Then I shifted the IR image to a green tone, and layered the two images on top of each other.

I am rather pleased with the results. I did not use the #Dwarf3 for this, as I only have a 1.25" IR filter.

#Astronomy #Astrodon #Astrophotography #Photography #SmartTelescope #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSkies

Last night I tried something a little different.

I got my #Dwarf2 out, and ran a couple of sessions on the #LagoonNebula ( #M8 ).

The first was in the near-infrared, using a SVBony IR pass filter.

The second, slightly shorter one, was in unfiltered RGB.

Then I shifted the IR image to a green tone, and layered the two images on top of each other.

I am rather pleased with the results. I did not use the #Dwarf3 for this, as I only have a 1.25" IR filter.

#Astronomy #Astrodon #Astrophotography #Photography #SmartTelescope #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSkies

#M8 and #M20 the #LagoonNebula and #TriffidNebula .

Shot last night over 3 hours from my front yard.

#Dwarf3 OIII/Ha and post processed in Stellar Studio and #Snapseed .

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernSky

#M8 and #M20 the #LagoonNebula and #TriffidNebula .

Shot last night over 3 hours from my front yard.

#Dwarf3 OIII/Ha and post processed in Stellar Studio and #Snapseed .

#Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophotography #SouthernSky

Lagoon Nebula

At only 4,320 light-years away, the Lagoon Nebula features an open cluster of young stars age 4 - 6 million years.

Captured with my Seestar S30 at John Glenn Astronomy Park tonight.

#lagoonnebula
#astronomy
#nebula
#seestar_s30
#photography
#astrophotography
#smartphoneastronomy

Lagoon Nebula

At only 4,320 light-years away, the Lagoon Nebula features an open cluster of young stars age 4 - 6 million years.

Captured with my Seestar S30 at John Glenn Astronomy Park tonight.

#lagoonnebula
#astronomy
#nebula
#seestar_s30
#photography
#astrophotography
#smartphoneastronomy

While appearing pink in long-exposure photographs, it typically appears gray when viewed through binoculars or telescopes due to the human eye's limited color sensitivity in low-light conditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula

#astrophotography
#LagoonNebula

While appearing pink in long-exposure photographs, it typically appears gray when viewed through binoculars or telescopes due to the human eye's limited color sensitivity in low-light conditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_Nebula

#astrophotography
#LagoonNebula

Trying to get back to astrophotography after a long hiatus. As a starter, Lagoon Nebula (M8) photons for an hour.

80mm refractor, imx585 camera, no filter, PMC-Eight mount, 30mm guidescope, 2 mins sub, open-source software (NINA, PHD2, ASCOM, Carte du Ciel, DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Cosmic Clarity, GraXpert, Darktable), Bortle 5 sky.

#m8 #lagoonnebula #astrophotography #nina #phd2 #dss #ascom #carteduciel #siril #CosmicClarity #graxpert #darktable

Trying to get back to astrophotography after a long hiatus. As a starter, Lagoon Nebula (M8) photons for an hour.

80mm refractor, imx585 camera, no filter, PMC-Eight mount, 30mm guidescope, 2 mins sub, open-source software (NINA, PHD2, ASCOM, Carte du Ciel, DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Cosmic Clarity, GraXpert, Darktable), Bortle 5 sky.

#m8 #lagoonnebula #astrophotography #nina #phd2 #dss #ascom #carteduciel #siril #CosmicClarity #graxpert #darktable

Last night we had a lovely clear sky, so I set up a mosaic with the Dwarf3 around the Triffid and Lagoon nebulae.

I applied my usual post processing steps, and I got almost as good a result as I got up in Beacon with the DwarfII. But only almost, and with twice as long an exposure.

Let's just look at that for a moment, because not all is as it seems.

The D3 has a 38mm aperture, and the D2 25mm. This means that the D3 has twice the light gathering capability of the D2, and has a more sensitive detector. So this image has four times the light gathered as the image in Beacon, but it is also a mosaic covering almost four times the area, so we come back down to the same amount of light per pixel as the D2 got in a true dark sky.

What this means is that if I had taken this shot last week in Beacon, it would have been truely spectacular!

2 hours 8 minutes total exposure, gain 80, Ha/OIII filter.

#Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope #Snapseed #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Astrodon #TriffidNebula #LagoonNebula #M8

Last night we had a lovely clear sky, so I set up a mosaic with the Dwarf3 around the Triffid and Lagoon nebulae.

I applied my usual post processing steps, and I got almost as good a result as I got up in Beacon with the DwarfII. But only almost, and with twice as long an exposure.

Let's just look at that for a moment, because not all is as it seems.

The D3 has a 38mm aperture, and the D2 25mm. This means that the D3 has twice the light gathering capability of the D2, and has a more sensitive detector. So this image has four times the light gathered as the image in Beacon, but it is also a mosaic covering almost four times the area, so we come back down to the same amount of light per pixel as the D2 got in a true dark sky.

What this means is that if I had taken this shot last week in Beacon, it would have been truely spectacular!

2 hours 8 minutes total exposure, gain 80, Ha/OIII filter.

#Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope #Snapseed #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Astrodon #TriffidNebula #LagoonNebula #M8

📸 Rubin’s First Look: A Sagittarius Skyscape
This wide-field view from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory spans over 4 degrees in Sagittarius. It captures the Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Trifid Nebula (M20), two iconic regions of star formation in the Milky Way.
📅 June 25, 2025
📷 NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs
🔗 https://stellarsnap.space
#APOD #RubinObservatory #Sagittarius #Nebulae #LagoonNebula #TrifidNebula #MilkyWay #WideField #DeepSky #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #CosmicClouds

Blue Lagoon https://photo.m-j-s.net/blog/2024/07/blue-lagoon/

#astrofotografie #astronomie #astronomy #astrophotography #EmissionNebula #EN #hakos #ias #LagoonNebula #Lagunennebel #M8 #Messier8 #namibia #photoblog #remote #SHO

Blue Lagoon https://photo.m-j-s.net/blog/2024/07/blue-lagoon/

#astrofotografie #astronomie #astronomy #astrophotography #EmissionNebula #EN #hakos #ias #LagoonNebula #Lagunennebel #M8 #Messier8 #namibia #photoblog #remote #SHO

After last night's #drone show of #Kooranup, I set up my #DwarfII down on #Manjaree (#BathersBeach) in #Walyalup (#Fremantle).

Despite bright lights everywhere, and a lot of haze from the bushfires around #Perth , I managed to get a very nice shot of the #LagoonNebula (#M8). 100 frames @gain 80 and 15s exposure, with an OIII/Ha filter. Post processed in #snapseed.

After last night's #drone show of #Kooranup, I set up my #DwarfII down on #Manjaree (#BathersBeach) in #Walyalup (#Fremantle).

Despite bright lights everywhere, and a lot of haze from the bushfires around #Perth , I managed to get a very nice shot of the #LagoonNebula (#M8). 100 frames @gain 80 and 15s exposure, with an OIII/Ha filter. Post processed in #snapseed.

The Deep Lagoon
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230928.html

#APOD #LagoonNebula

The Deep Lagoon
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230928.html

#APOD #LagoonNebula

Messier 8: The Lagoon Nebula

The Lagoon Nebula is one of those deep sky objects that is just above the horizon from where I live.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2023/06/2023-06-24_m8_lagoon_nebula.html

#astrophotography #messier8 #m8 #lagoonnebula #ngc6530 #ngc6526 #heq5pro #130pds #asi294mcpro

The #LagoonNebula without Stars
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220808.html

#APOD #Nebula

The Lively Center of the #LagoonNebula
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220525.html

#APOD #Nebula