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, jprejean
M8 Lagoon Nebula
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M8 Lagoon Nebula

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M8 Lagoon Nebula, jprejean
M8 Lagoon Nebula
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M8 Lagoon Nebula

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

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A giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. Processed from FITS HSO subframes from Telescope Live in Chile, 18  5 minute frames using PixInsight and Photoshop 2020.

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M8 Lagoon Nebula, jprejean