M8, The Lagoon Nebula
Star Cluster and Emission nebula
Magnitude 5.0
Size: 80 x 40 arc minutes
Constellation: Sagittarius
RA: 18h 3m
Dec:
-24.4°
Imaging Equipment:
- Telescope: Takahashi FS-152 f/8 fluorite refractor operating
at f/6
- Zeiss II German Equatorial Mount
- Santa Barbara Instruments ST-8E CCD camera (1530 x 1020
pixels, 9m m x 9m m, monochromatic, 16 bit, 13.8 x 9.2mm
array)
- CWF8 Color filter wheel with IR-blocking clear and RGB
filters
Exposure Information:
- Date: Sunday July 30, 2000
- Location: Mount Pinos, CA
- Elevation: 8300'
- OAT:
50° F (+10° C)
- Exposures (unbinned):
|
Luminance and
Red-light: |
3 exposures @ 5
minutes each |
|
Green-light |
3 exposures @ 5
minutes each |
|
Blue-light: |
4 exposures @ 5
minutes each |
|
Total exposure time: |
50 minutes |