Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  LBN 542  ·  LDN 1225  ·  NGC 7538  ·  Sh2-158
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Northern Lagoon Nebula NGC 7538 - Sh2-158, Rafał Szwejkowski
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Northern Lagoon Nebula NGC 7538 - Sh2-158

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Northern Lagoon Nebula NGC 7538 - Sh2-158, Rafał Szwejkowski
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Northern Lagoon Nebula NGC 7538 - Sh2-158

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This object is one that is often photographed yet rarely noticed - laying close to the Bubble, Cave and the Claw.  To make matters worse, the Northern Lagoon suffers also in the comparison the its famous namesake - the M8.  In this photo I wanted to add some spotlight to this fascinating object that harbors the largest known proto-star thought to be 300x larger than our Solar System.

I didn't like the SHO version so I settled for (HS)OO, which maps well with the actual visual appearance of this nebula.

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Northern Lagoon Nebula NGC 7538 - Sh2-158, Rafał Szwejkowski