M8

"The Lagoon Nebula"

Constellation- Sagittarius

Right Ascension: 18h 04m 05s

Declination: -24° 23' 05"

Distance: 5200 light years

Visual Brightness: 5.8 mag

Apparent Dimension: 90x40 arc minutes

Image info:

Date- July 25, 2003

Integrations-LRGB. Median Combine of (25) 3.5-minuteLuminence images, (3) each 3.5 minute R, G, and B

Calibration and aligning/combining in CCDSoft Ver 5.00. Color combined is Photoshop 5.0

Telescope/Focal length/Camera- Nexstar11GPS @ f/6.4, ST-8XE NABG @ -12C binned 2x2