Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  -0.73  ·  7 Sgr  ·  9 Sgr  ·  B296  ·  B88  ·  B89  ·  HD164031  ·  HD164105  ·  HD164146  ·  HD164147  ·  HD164194  ·  HD164265  ·  HD164266  ·  HD164385  ·  HD164386  ·  HD164453  ·  HD164515  ·  HD164535  ·  HD164536  ·  HD164537  ·  HD164585  ·  HD164602  ·  HD164793  ·  HD164834  ·  HD164865  ·  HD164906  ·  HD164907  ·  HD164933  ·  HD164947  ·  HD165015  ·  And 115 more.
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M8 Lagoon Nebula RGB

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M8  Lagoon Nebula RGB
The Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8 (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. The earliest observations of this object were made by Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654. When Charles Messier cataloged this object in 1764, he primarily described the cluster, and mentioned the nebula separately as surrounding the star 9 Sagittarii. Distance from Earth: 4,100 light-yearsDimensions: 100 x 50 light-years 

2 imaging sessions 29 - 30 June 2022
245 x 120 second exposures using no filters
Total time: 8hours 10mins

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M8 Lagoon Nebula RGB, Eric Smith