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CapturingTheNight β€” Diving Into The Lagoon Again

Published: 2011-09-19 07:59:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 6694; Favourites: 251; Downloads: 0
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The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.

This is my second time imaging this nebula. The first time was the very first image I tried doing once I got all my astrophotography equipment together. I wanted to do it again as I had the camera turned 90 degrees the wrong way on the first image so I cut some of the nebula off the frame.

18/09/2011
Canon EOS 1000D
Baader Coma Corrector
10 inch (25cm) F/4 Newtonian Reflector Telescope
NEQ6 PRO Computerised Goto Mount
Orion 80mm ShortTube Guide Scope
Synguider Autoguider
30 x 3 minute exposures
ISO 400
Dark frame subtracted
Images stacked and alligned in Deep Sky Stacker
Final processing in Photoshop Elements 8.0
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Comments: 39

rodellis [2016-09-08 20:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful capture - amazing work

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CapturingTheNight In reply to rodellis [2016-09-16 22:04:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so muchΒ 

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KaleidoscopeKirin [2015-03-13 10:35:02 +0000 UTC]

This might be weird to say, but this doesn't seem real.
Nothing this beautiful could really exist ...out there.
Yep, my mind concludes that this must be computer generated.

...I know it's not it's just... dammit, now the world seems so dull in comparison.

Phenomenal capture by the way!!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to KaleidoscopeKirin [2015-04-12 03:50:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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Astrikos [2013-03-24 00:23:35 +0000 UTC]

Featured here

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Astrikos [2013-03-26 02:32:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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Astrikos In reply to CapturingTheNight [2013-03-27 20:43:37 +0000 UTC]

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Tazunee [2012-07-10 11:31:31 +0000 UTC]

This is my home!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Tazunee [2012-07-13 08:42:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Starath [2012-05-18 04:47:55 +0000 UTC]

This is a fascinating photo to look at. I think it'll inspire me to create a piece of space art sometime in the future.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Starath [2012-05-18 07:18:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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wolfen7 [2012-03-19 15:15:45 +0000 UTC]

Fabulous !

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CapturingTheNight In reply to wolfen7 [2012-03-20 09:00:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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12GSuper [2011-12-06 21:40:14 +0000 UTC]

I feel you acheived a slight improvement on clarity in this shot over the previous.

Its the areas where colours meet that really stand out in nebulea like this one. So bloody beautiful when captured right!

I could look at images like this for days!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to 12GSuper [2011-12-07 06:40:42 +0000 UTC]

I also can look at images like this for days. And I took the image. I still kick myself sometimes that I am in the fortunate position to own equipment that enables me to do such shots. Glad you like it. Thanks

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12GSuper In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-12-07 11:40:10 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, thats what fascinates me so much about astrophotography, its how you can reveal things that the naked eye can't see. I think that's why I got into high speed shooting too.

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kiwi24 [2011-09-21 22:01:21 +0000 UTC]

is this a galaxy shot?

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CapturingTheNight In reply to kiwi24 [2011-09-22 09:55:30 +0000 UTC]

No it's not. This is a star forming nebula region within our own galaxy.

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kiwi24 In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-22 11:04:45 +0000 UTC]

for real? thats really cool. im just learning about space and its wonders. so im a little rough..

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ZidanA [2011-09-20 09:30:30 +0000 UTC]

amazing fantasy, as always)

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CapturingTheNight In reply to ZidanA [2011-09-20 10:03:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much I'm glad you like it.

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Zeroth57 [2011-09-20 02:33:11 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work Greg ... the original is nice, but you have certainly taken this images to the next level.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Zeroth57 [2011-09-20 10:03:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for that Don I'm glad you like it.

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M-Tiya [2011-09-19 18:04:41 +0000 UTC]

wow !

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CapturingTheNight In reply to M-Tiya [2011-09-20 10:02:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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The-DragonZilla [2011-09-19 16:42:31 +0000 UTC]

wow! that is absolutely amazing!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to The-DragonZilla [2011-09-20 10:02:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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PrincessEmber1111 [2011-09-19 14:59:42 +0000 UTC]

"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork." Psalm 19:1
Breathtaking photography! Thanks for posting!

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CapturingTheNight In reply to PrincessEmber1111 [2011-09-20 10:06:13 +0000 UTC]

It's my pleasure Thank you for the great feedback.

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athoa-adelfi [2011-09-19 14:41:54 +0000 UTC]

absolutely stunning. Wonderful photo.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to athoa-adelfi [2011-09-20 10:05:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much I'm glad you like it.

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athoa-adelfi In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-20 13:53:21 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful and extremely well photographed.

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Directus [2011-09-19 14:28:52 +0000 UTC]

Now i think that is fantastic Nice

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Directus [2011-09-20 10:05:17 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you think so. Thanks

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jambe [2011-09-19 08:07:55 +0000 UTC]

Your work is inspiring.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to jambe [2011-09-19 09:01:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the nice feedback

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Gem-of-cali [2011-09-19 08:04:20 +0000 UTC]

Is the color actually what the camera sees or is it added? I never understood about that. I hope it is real color that is actually there. because I would like to think space is that beautiful.

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CapturingTheNight In reply to Gem-of-cali [2011-09-19 09:06:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks The colour is there but it's also kind of subjective as to how it actually looks. I don't change the colour of my images. This is what my camera 'sees'. I only increase the saturation of that colour slightly. The colour shows up due to the long exposures. You could see this with your own eyes if instead of our eyes working at 20 frames a second for example, we could set our eyes to say one frame per 20 seconds.

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Gem-of-cali In reply to CapturingTheNight [2011-09-20 01:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I really appreciate it. Now, get back to space gazing so I can see more of those colorful stars.

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