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 The Lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

            Serge Caballero
M8 The Lagoon Nebula
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M8 The Lagoon Nebula

Acquisition details

Dates:
July 7, 2013
Frames:
13×300(1h 5′)
Integration:
1h 5′
Avg. Moon age:
28.82 days
Avg. Moon phase:
0.57%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6845770

RA center: 18h04m07s.2

DEC center: -24°1930

Pixel scale: 7.551 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.432 degrees

Field radius: 0.781 degrees

Resolution: 620x412

File size: 218.1 KB

Locations: Backyard, Gainesville, FL, United States

Description

This was first light with my AT8IN and QHY8 OSC. I hadn't at the time received the extension tubes I needed to place the camera at the correct distance from the coma corrector, so this image suffers from less-than-ideal stars at the corners. Even so, I had to take advantage of one of the few relatively clear nights we had in July here (rainiest on record).

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M8 The Lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

            Serge Caballero