Lagoon Nebula in OIII

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Lagoon Nebula in OIII

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Ok, here is the Lagoon Nebula in OIII using Rent-a-scope:

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[80% Steve, 20% Alfred] ------- Probability of Clear Skies = (Age of newest equipment in days) / [(Number of observers) * (Total Aperture of all telescopes present in mm)]
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Raw single frame in OIII (exposure time 30s):

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nice Tachyon! what's next? Time to generate your own images?
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Remus - I can't do in a day what you took years to learn! I will keep to planetary webcam photography for the time being... :)
[80% Steve, 20% Alfred] ------- Probability of Clear Skies = (Age of newest equipment in days) / [(Number of observers) * (Total Aperture of all telescopes present in mm)]
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