Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr
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M8 LAGOON NEBULA - Narrow band, JOAO A MATTEI
M8 LAGOON NEBULA - Narrow band
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M8 LAGOON NEBULA - Narrow band

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M8 LAGOON NEBULA - Narrow band, JOAO A MATTEI
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M8 LAGOON NEBULA - Narrow band

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The Lagoon Nebula (M8 or NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius.

This image was captured during on 6th EBA (Brazilian Meeting of Astrophotography) occured in July 2013, in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil.

It was captured during one night on July 10th. It was captured for me and processed by Fernando Pinheiro (Nando Pinheiro) using Photoshop and PIXInsight.

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M8 LAGOON NEBULA - Narrow band, JOAO A MATTEI