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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Lagoon Nebula M8, Herbert W Hamber
Lagoon Nebula M8
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Lagoon Nebula M8

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Lagoon Nebula M8, Herbert W Hamber
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Lagoon Nebula M8

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Lagoon Nebula M8 picture taken with "out of the Amazon box" Celestron Nexstar 8se with Celestron F/6.3 reducer, and Canon T6i (body bought used on Amazon). 

No wedge, no gps, no wifi, no guiding, no filters, 110ac power cord, stock red dot finder, 3d printed bhatinov mask, standard three star alignment.

Exposure time is 10 sec x 96 = 16min at 800iso.

Taken on a moonless night, May 31 2022, Borrego Spring California USA.

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Lagoon Nebula M8, Herbert W Hamber