Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  -0.73  ·  11 Sgr  ·  12.04  ·  4 Sgr  ·  7 Sgr  ·  9 Sgr  ·  B296  ·  B302  ·  B303  ·  B88  ·  B89  ·  B91  ·  HD162602  ·  HD162603  ·  HD162717  ·  HD162799  ·  HD162814  ·  HD162960  ·  HD162998  ·  HD163017  ·  HD163018  ·  HD163063  ·  HD163118  ·  HD163159  ·  HD163160  ·  HD163161  ·  HD163179  ·  HD163246  ·  HD163296  ·  HD163297  ·  And 920 more.
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Another photo I was able to take during my vacation on the beautiful island of La Palma. The dominating objects of the picture are of course M20 and M8 but there's a lot more to see, e. g. M 21, an open star cluster also known as Webb's Cross and IC 4685, an often overlooked region which contains three types of nebula: reflection, emission and dark nebula.

The exposure time was only two hours because I didn't have very many clear nights available and the summer Milky Way wasn't high in the sky until well after midnight. Nethertheless I am quite happy with the result.

I hope you like it. Please feel free to comment below.

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