Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1274  ·  IC 4685  ·  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  NGC 6559  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr
Lagoon Nebula, Astrosingh
Lagoon Nebula
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Lagoon Nebula

Lagoon Nebula, Astrosingh
Lagoon Nebula
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Lagoon Nebula

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I present you the Lagoon of the skies, I took this over 2 nights with William Optics Z81. 

The Lagoon Nebula is (M8) is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. it is an active stellar nursery, an area of dust and gas in space where stars are formed. it lies about 5000 light-years away, near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy in the rich star fields of Sagittarius.

All data was collected in my backyard observatory in Melbourne, Australia

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Lagoon Nebula, Astrosingh