Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  11 Sgr  ·  13 Sgr)  ·  Al Thalimain  ·  Alnam (μ Sgr  ·  IC 1274  ·  IC 4685  ·  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 20  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6559  ·  NGC 6568  ·  The star 1 Sgr  ·  The star 14 Sgr  ·  The star 15 Sgr  ·  The star 16 Sgr  ·  The star 4 Sgr  ·  The star 63 Oph  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr  ·  The star Polis  ·  The star γ1 Sgr  ·  Trifid Nebula
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M8_M20 @135mm FL, Rodney Watters
M8_M20 @135mm FL
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M8_M20 @135mm FL

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M8_M20 @135mm FL, Rodney Watters
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M8_M20 @135mm FL

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A widefield image taken with an unmodified Canon 550D DSLR with the Canon 18mm - 200mm lens set at 135mm. Lens was stopped down to F7.1 to reduce lens distortion. The small dark nebula in the upper left hand quadrant is Barnard 86 and is adjacent to the open cluster NGC6520.

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M8_M20 @135mm FL, Rodney Watters