Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  9 Sgr  ·  B296  ·  B89  ·  Hourglass nebula  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  Sh2-25  ·  The star 9Sgr
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M8 Lagoon, lowenthalm
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M8 Lagoon

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M8 Lagoon

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Just had entered into early morning astronomical twilight when I captured the core of M8 as a last target for the night. Only had time for a couple minutes exposure, so its a lucky thing the nebula is so darn bright. Just a small amount of additional adjustment to contrast expansion, color balance and sharpening was applied after saving it out of SharpCap. The seeing wasn't great, so nebula color actually bled into some of the dimmer stars.

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M8 Lagoon, lowenthalm

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