M8, The Lagoon Nebula, Roman Pierce

M8, The Lagoon Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
M8, The Lagoon Nebula, Roman Pierce

M8, The Lagoon Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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This was a project gone completely wrong. I collected 300 images but in the end I found that I could only use 85. The trouble came from camera alignment, everything else was working just fine. Despite that, along with my very limited knowledge of Photoshop I managed to create this image.

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. M8 was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.

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M8, The Lagoon Nebula, Roman Pierce