Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Hourglass nebula  ·  IC 4715  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 20  ·  M 22  ·  M 23  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6334  ·  NGC 6357  ·  NGC 6383  ·  NGC 6416  ·  NGC 6494  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6656  ·  Part of the constellation Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  The star 3Sgr  ·  The star 44Oph  ·  The star 45Oph  ·  The star 4Sgr  ·  The star Alnasl (γ2Sgr)  ·  The star Kaus Borealis (λSgr)  ·  The star γ1Sgr  ·  The star θOph  ·  The star μSgr  ·  The star ξOph  ·  Trifid nebula
a really wide-field triffid and lagoon, Matt Fulghum
a really wide-field triffid and lagoon
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a really wide-field triffid and lagoon

a really wide-field triffid and lagoon, Matt Fulghum
a really wide-field triffid and lagoon
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a really wide-field triffid and lagoon

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The milky way in Sagittarius, as seen from Chilatchee Creek campground, in rural central Alabama. 85mm f1.8, stopped down to F5.6, with a .71x focal reducer on a Fujifilm X-M1.

It turns out you _can_ actually find fairly dark skies around here, but you'll probably have to hunt for them. I've gotten the truck _really_ dirty in the last couple of weeks scouting closer, even darker sites, but this allowed us to take our son on a camping trip as well.

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a really wide-field triffid and lagoon, Matt Fulghum