The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae M8 and M20 (Tom Pestano)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: 11 Sgr · 4 Sgr · 7 Sgr · 9 Sgr · B296 · B302 · B303 · B85 · B88 · B89 · B91 · HD164031 · HD164146 · HD164194 · HD164226 · HD164384 · HD164385 · HD164386 · HD164402 · HD164492 · HD164514 · HD164536 · HD164637 · HD164704 · HD164717 · HD164739 · HD164766 · HD164767 · HD164833 · HD164865 · And 68 more.

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The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae M8 and M20

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The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae M8 and M20

M8, aka the Lagoon Nebula, is a large, bright emission nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius. This nebula spans an area of sky about three times the size of the full moon. It is located 4,100 light years from earth in the constellation Sagittarius.

In the upper right corner is M20, aka the Trifid Nebula. It is located 5,400 light years from earth also in the constellation Sagittarius. This star-forming region includes a combination of an open star cluster, an emission nebula, a reflection nebula and a dark nebula. This dense cloud of dust and gas combined creates one of the most beautiful deep sky objects in our night sky.

65 x 300 sec light frames
30 dark frames
30 flat frames
30 flat dark frames
Total exposure time: 5hrs 25mins

William Optics Redcat 51 Telescope
SWSA GTI Mount
ZWO 183MC Pro Camera
Svbony 50mm Guide Scope
ZWO 120MM Guide Camera
ZWO EAF
ZWO Mini Filter Wheel
Optolong L-extreme Filter
ZWO ASI AIR Pro

Image Acquisition location: Antipolo PH. 14N 121E
Image Acquisition Software: ASI AIR Pro
Image Processing: Pixinsight and Adobe Lightroom

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	7654133
PixInsight job	PL8CH5OGELWRFHT029MF77YRJX30CK0H
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	18h05m31s.90
RA (top/left)	18h12m29s.79
RA (top/right)	18h02m14s.78
RA (bottom/right)	17h58m30s.54
RA (bottom/left)	18h08m51s.12

Dec (center)	-23°53′55″.3
Dec (top/left)	-23°38′52″.6
Dec (top/right)	-22°27′55″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	-24°07′44″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	-25°19′36″.5

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