Wallpaper author:
Beatrice Heinze
22 Jun 2026
Messier 8 Lagoon Nebula (HOO)
M8 The Lagoon Nebula is a gorgious nebula in the constellation Sagittarius.
This photograph is more of a close-up of the centre of this nebula, revealing some beautiful details.
I used the following software:
Astro Pixel Processor for stacking; PixInsight for processing (Gradient Correction, RC Astro Tools, SPCC, GHS, HDRMultiscaleTransform); and I did the final touches in Affinity V3, for which I also used a number of macros by James Ritson, such as Live Denoise (Chroma) and Bandpass Sharpening (Fine).
Dataset from which the image was processed
M8
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 270.9042 Dec -24.38331
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Oct 2020 - 26 Oct 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 180 | 24m | 8 |
| SII | 180 | 24m | 8 |
| OIII | 180 | 24m | 8 |