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M8, M20 and NGC6559 - Lagoon Family Photo, John Dziuba

M8, M20 and NGC6559 - Lagoon Family Photo

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M8, M20 and NGC6559 - Lagoon Family Photo, John Dziuba

M8, M20 and NGC6559 - Lagoon Family Photo

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This is a wide view of the Lagoon nebula region processed in a modified HOO pallet.  I added a bit of Sii into the R and G channels and used a synthetic luminance layer to add depth to the image made with 50% Ha and 50% Sii.  This was captured at a remote campsite with my FSQ85 from Mount Mulligan Australia.

The three main nebula in the image are estimated to be between 4,000–6,000 light-years away from Earth.  The Lagoon nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material).

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