Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr
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M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Narrow Band (again), Ian Parr
M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Narrow Band (again)
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M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Narrow Band (again)

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M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Narrow Band (again), Ian Parr
M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Narrow Band (again)
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M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Narrow Band (again)

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Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. 

It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region.

Again one of those less is more treatments applied to the data I serendipitously gathered back in September before the deluge.

Ahh Pixinsight ... with same data you can go from Andy Warhol to Joseph Turner.

I like this one more as I would probably use this version for a print in my office.

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M8 The Lagoon Nebula in Narrow Band (again), Ian Parr