The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, Milky Way's jewels (Aleix Roig)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: 7 Sgr · 9 Sgr · B296 · B85 · B88 · B89 · Lagoon Nebula · M 20 · M 8 · NGC 6514 · NGC 6523 · NGC 6526 · NGC 6530 · NGC 6546 · Sh2-25 · Sh2-28 · Sh2-30 · The star 7Sgr · The star 9Sgr · Trifid Nebula

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The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, Milky Way's jewels

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The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae, Milky Way's jewels

Link: https://flic.kr/p/2kWoNxr

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://flic.kr/p/2kWoNxr

Located in the Sagittarius constellation and surrounded by thousands of stars, this popular region of our Milky Way galaxy hosts two bright nebulae that are really worth a visit, the Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20) Nebulae. Both nebulae were classified by the french astronomer Charles Messier in his popular "Messier Catalog". The whole area shown in this image covers an apparent area around 6 full moons.

In this telescopic view we can appreciate the huge amount of gas and dust present in this region that presents strong H alpha emissions. Several star forming regions and Bok Globules can be found in this area.

Image details:

H alpha 20x600" bin1 Gain0 -20ºC

RGB (each filter) 20x90" bin2 -20ºC

Total exposure: 4h50'

Data acquisition: 2017

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FSQ85

Mesu 200

ASI1600MM-C + ZWO OAG with ASI174MC + ZWO EFW 8 pos

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SGP, PHD2, PIX, LR, PS..

Aleix Roig, 2021

Prades (Tarragona, Catalonia - Spain).

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RA (center)	18h03m57s.100
RA (top/left)	18h07m31s.76
RA (top/right)	18h07m36s.97
RA (bottom/right)	18h00m27s.69
RA (bottom/left)	18h00m15s.51

Dec (center)	-23°41′59″.3
Dec (top/left)	-24°46′57″.0
Dec (top/right)	-22°38′13″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	-22°36′42″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	-24°45′24″.3

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