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M8

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - FSQ106ED and QSI683-8

Guiding - QSI OAG and SBIG ST-i.

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

L Ha RGB 13.6 hours

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -The Lagoon is located in the constellation of Sagittarius at distances of around 5000 light years.