Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr
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M8 - Lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

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M8 - Lagoon Nebula
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M8 - Lagoon Nebula

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M8 - Lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

            Tim Lewis
M8 - Lagoon Nebula
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M8 - Lagoon Nebula

Acquisition details

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3624950

RA center: 18h04m28s.3

DEC center: -24°1948

Pixel scale: 1.842 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 2.582 degrees

Field radius: 1.047 degrees

Resolution: 2204x3449

File size: 4.7 MB

Locations: SDAA Club Site, Tierra del Sol, CA, United States

Data source: Traveller

Description

This is M8, aka the Lagoon Nebula. This was captured at the SDAA Club Site near Tierra del Sol, CA in January 2014. All data was captured through a Stellarvue SV102ED2 refractor and a modified Canon 350D. Data were calibrated, aligned, stacked, and deconvolved in Maxim DL. All subsequent processing was handled by Photoshop CS3.

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M8 - Lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

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