Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Hourglass nebula  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr
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M8 in infraRed light, Ray Heinle
M8 in infraRed light
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M8 in infraRed light

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M8 in infraRed light, Ray Heinle
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M8 in infraRed light

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This object was taken with my monochrome QHY183M using a Baader IR Pass filter with a 685 nm cut off to exclude most visible light. That cutoff eliminates most hydrogen-alpha light, thus de-emphasizing most of that nebulosity but showing the dust content of the nebula and gives a clearer rendition of the imbeded stars.

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M8 in infraRed light, Ray Heinle