Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  -0.73  ·  11 Sgr  ·  12.04  ·  21 Lutetia  ·  4 Sgr  ·  7 Sgr  ·  9 Sgr  ·  B296  ·  B302  ·  B303  ·  B88  ·  B89  ·  HD163353  ·  HD163429  ·  HD163516  ·  HD163537  ·  HD163554  ·  HD163596  ·  HD163647  ·  HD163665  ·  HD163703  ·  HD163721  ·  HD163777  ·  HD163799  ·  HD163800  ·  HD163811  ·  HD163892  ·  HD163919  ·  HD163936  ·  HD163956  ·  And 765 more.
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The Lagoon and Trifid

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M8, the Lagoon (NGC 6523) is one of the finest star-forming regions in the sky, and is faintly visible to the naked eye. It is a giant glowing cloud of interstellar gas, divided by a dark lane of dust, containing a cluster of young stars (NGC 6530) that have formed from it. M20 (NGC 6514) is also known as the Trifid Nebula. Named for its three-lobed appearance, it is one of the most famous objects in the sky. This object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula, a reflection nebula, and a dark nebula that divides the emission nebula into three parts. Mount: iOptron CEM70Imaging Scope: ASKAR FRA300Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC ProFilters: Antlia TriBandGuiding: ZWO OAG-L, ZWO ASI174MM miniControl: ZWO ASIAIR Plus Bortle  1 Stacked and processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop CC.

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The Lagoon and Trifid, Reggie