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Area The Lagoon nebula - M8 (BL), Trifid Nebula - M20 (TR) and group comprising NGC6559, IC4685, IC1274/75 (L)
Constellation Sagittarius
Image Field 3.8 x 2.5 degrees
Taken from: Tin Shed Observatory
Gold Coast, Queensland
Long - Lat = 153:23.54E - 27:56.8S
Taken On: 10th July 2008



Image Info
Telescope Takahashi FS-60C
Focal Length 354 millimetres
Telescope guiding None
Telescope control Paramount ME
CCD camera QHY-8 - One Shot colour
Camera cooling Unregulated Thermoelectric
Camera pixels 3032 x 2016 x 7.8um
Image scale 4.54 arcseconds per pixel
Processed with: CCDSoft V5 (Capture), CCDStack, PixInsight Standard Beta, Photoshop
Exposure 4 hours (24 x 10-minutes each)
Image Calibrations Flats only