lagoon nebula

While looking for images for Doug's Thursday Task I came across a Deep Space Astro image I had started to process but never finished. If I recall correctly it was because of all of the "gunk" in the image. I had been only imaging up close and tight until then, and when I shot this one wider, I...

This is a Starless view of the Lagoon Nebula. While starless isn't for everyone, and that's great as we are all different. :) But I like the starless sometimes because it let's you see the details of the nebula so much better. SkyGuider Pro - Tracking Nikon D850 - Not modified Tamron 150-600mm...

Here is my version before I removed the stars. Technically most people remove the stars early on in the processing so that they don't get bloated by the processing itself. I did it just as I was almost done with the processing because that was when I thought about it. :) So in this with the...

I captured this last week out at Bonneville Salt Flats. An amazing dark sky location. Lagoon and the Trifid area is a rich area in the night sky. With this image I removed the stars in it (which I haven't done in a while) and I liked the way it rendered the surrounding Milky Way with a soft...

This one is taken from out at Joshua Tree National Park 2 nights ago, my favorite dark sky area, and it's only a 2 hour drive from home when I am in California. It get's me nice Bortle 2 to 3 skies, as along as I am not aiming too close to the horizon. This was my last session of the night, so...

Desperate times call on Desperate measures. :rolleyes: I needed to work on some Deep Space Astro, and I still don't have anything new, so I went to Home (goldfieldastro.space) Goldfield Astro and processed another of their free sample data from their observatory. So I don't have any...

Nikon D850 Tamron 150-600mm @ 420mm SkyGuider Pro 17 x 60 secs and ISO 6400 12 x Dark Frames 12 x Bias Frames 12 x Flat Frames

This is a rework of an earlier shot, and one where I cropped in more to get closer to the Lagoon Nebula and not show so much of the area around it. I really need to be able to get out and shoot new images, but reworking some of them again has been fruitful. Nikon D850 Tamron 150-600mm @ 420mm...

This was from the end up of the night as it doesn't rise above the horizon until about 4am. I thought it had some cool color and shape to it. I am still working on my post processing obviously, but I am pretty happy with how this turned out since I was struggling a bit getting the red of the...

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius, and is located at an estimated distance of between 4,000 to 6,000 light years from Earth. It is one of only two star-forming nebulae...