Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  B301  ·  B304  ·  B307  ·  B92  ·  B93  ·  Checkmark Nebula  ·  Eagle Nebula  ·  IC 1283  ·  IC 1284  ·  IC 4701  ·  IC 4715  ·  Lobster Nebula  ·  M 16  ·  M 17  ·  M 18  ·  M 24  ·  NGC 6554  ·  NGC 6561  ·  NGC 6596  ·  NGC 6605  ·  NGC 6611  ·  NGC 6613  ·  NGC 6618  ·  PK011-00.1  ·  PK011-00.2  ·  PK012-02.1  ·  PK016-01.1  ·  PK016-02.1  ·  PK017-01.1  ·  Sh2-37  ·  And 26 more.
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M16, M17, M18 & M24 region of the Milky Way - 15 July 2021, Geof Lewis
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M16, M17, M18 & M24 region of the Milky Way - 15 July 2021

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M16, M17, M18 & M24 region of the Milky Way - 15 July 2021, Geof Lewis
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M16, M17, M18 & M24 region of the Milky Way - 15 July 2021

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Here is anoth look at Messier 24 (M24), the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud within the Milky Way, also showing M16, M17, M18 (top down) above M24. The image is a single unguided 2 minute exposure at ISO800, with an astro-modified Canon 600D + Nikkor ED 180 manual lens, on a Star Adventurer mount. Processing comprised levels, haze filter, HLVG and TopazDN plugins in Affinity Photo.

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M16, M17, M18 & M24 region of the Milky Way - 15 July 2021, Geof Lewis