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 in SHO, Xinran Li
M8 the Lagoon in SHO
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M8 the Lagoon in SHO, Xinran Li
M8 the Lagoon in SHO
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M8 is one of the brighest emission nebula on the sky, with an apparent magnitude of 6, it is readily visible with a binocular. This set of SHO data acquired by @blackrig with the well tuned 10" reflectory shows excellent details in narrow bands of the beautiful nebula. This is a 2 panel mosaic image, total integrated exposure was about 8 hours for panel 1 and 9 hours for panel 2.

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M8 the Lagoon in SHO, Xinran Li