Reprocessed astrophoto

orogenicman

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I'm an amateur astronomer as well as a geologist. This is usualy the time of year where I'm out taking a lot of images with my scope. Unfortunately, I had shoulder surgery this week, and will be laid up for a while. So I decided to rework some of my images from earlier this year. I took an image of Messier 8, in Sagitarius in July that came out pretty well, but I was never quite satisfied with it. I recently learned a few techniques that bring out more detail in nebulas without messing up the colors of the stars. I applied those methods to M8, and I think it came out pretty well. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy:

M8-1.jpg


Messier 8, in Sagitarius
5x5 minute exposures stacked and dark subtracted
ISO - 800

Equipment

Konus 200 mm f5 Newtonian (1,000 mm focal length)
Losmandy G-11 mount
Orion Shorty Autoguide scope with starshooter autoguider
Hutech modified Canon T1i DSLR

Taken at the Louisville Astronomical Society observatory,
in Curby, Indiana, on July 2, 2010​
 
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