M8

Photo:           M8- The Lagoon or Hourglass nebula
Camera:        Pentax Spotmatic
Film:             Kodak Supra 400
Exposure:      1 X 45 minutes color data
Telescope:     12 " Meade LX200 @F/7.5
Filter:            IDAS LPS
Guiding:        ST-4
Date:             August 2nd, 2003 23:08
Site:              My driveway, El Cajon, Ca.
Seeing:          7
Trans:           7
Scanning:     2820dpi @ 16bit, Minolta ScanDual III
Processing:   Levels and curves adjusted in Photoshop 7.0, slight SGBNR applied.
Notes:          This was my second attempt at imaging through the 12" and guiding with the GEG using the pickoff. This was the only image out of 5 taken that had respectable guiding.
Update September 1st, 2003: I found a wonderful H-Alpha taken by Jim Ives and he graciously allowed me to combine his with my color data. See special thanks for links to Jim's wonderful site and for the H-Alpha data.
Thank you Jim for helping to make a so-so photo into a pretty good one!