Lagoon Nebula in SHO

[AnakChan]

My my recent capture of the Lagoon Nebula (M8) in SHO. Details are as such :

 

Takahashi µ250CRS

ZWO ASI6200MM (-10C, Bin1, Gain 0, Offset 50)

Antlia Pro 3nm filter

Ha: 26x 5 min

Oiii: 30x 5 min

Sii: 24x 5 min

Total: 6 hrs 40 mins (taken over 4 nights between 20th May - 6th Aug) under Bortle 5/6 skies

 

Processing was done in PixInsight & Photoshop CC

https://astrob.in/0iz139/B/

[astro mick]

This is lovely,and deserves more comments.Its like looking through a window into the distance.

It deserves more than a like button for me anyway.

Well done.

Mick.

[peter shah]

loely....wonderful crisp detail

[Ags]

A really incredible image.

[DaveS]

Wonderful colours and lovely fine detail. Just gorgeous.

[AKB]

Oh, THAT’s why its called the Lagoon nebula!

Great processing.

[assouptro]

Beautiful! 
 

[AnakChan]

Cheers for the encouraging comments folks. Still learning about NB processing and this project has gotten me to research into different approaches to denoising, slow stretching, colour combination using different masks and tweaking the colours!