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, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M8 The Lagoon Nebula
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M8 The Lagoon Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M8 The Lagoon Nebula
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Here's M8 The Lagoon Nebula in LRGB

The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from the Earth. In the sky, it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light-years.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Lum 41x600Secs

Red 35x300Secs

Green 23x600Secs

Blue 24x300Secs

12 hours 40 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.08

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik LRGB

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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M8 The Lagoon Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)