Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  11 Sgr  ·  IC 1274  ·  IC 4684  ·  IC 4685  ·  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  NGC 6531  ·  NGC 6544  ·  NGC 6546  ·  NGC 6559  ·  The star 1 Sgr  ·  The star 4 Sgr  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr  ·  Trifid Nebula
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Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B303 complex in Sagittarius, Michael Stecker
Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B303 complex in Sagittarius
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Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B303 complex in Sagittarius

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Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B303 complex in Sagittarius, Michael Stecker
Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B303 complex in Sagittarius
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Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B303 complex in Sagittarius

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Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B302, B303 complex in Sagittarius
version 2
Bright red emission nebulae M8 Lagoon Nebula (center bottom), red and blue M20 Trifid Nebula (upper right) and mixed nebula NGC6559, IC4685, B302, B303 (upper left) is in the Sagittarius summer Milky Way. This is a joint project of James Foster and me from Frazier Park California using my Askar 103 APO refracting telescope.
Version 2: -- file: M8M20B303-LHRGB_Gr-RBF3Cflat4ClastJRF-2asm.jpg

Photographic Data
Date:
May, 2024

Telescope:
Askar 103 APO
103 mm (4-inch, f/6.8) triplet APO refractor with 0.8X focal reducer
Prime focal length: 700 mm
reduced focal length: 560 mm
reduced focal ratio: f/5.5

imaging cameras:
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro (mono) & ASI6200MC-Pro (color) astrocameras

mount:
iOptron CEM60
exposure:
Shot as an HaLRGB for approximately 119min(Ha3nm), 170min(Red), 200min (Green), & 230min (Blue) exposures.
Total exposure time: 719 minutes (11.98 hours)

guiding:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 (FL= 240 mm) guide scope with ZWO ASI120MM-mini guide camera

processing
Aquired by James Foster with Maxim DL.  Stacked in ASI Studio.
Post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements by Michael Stecker.
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photographic site:
James Foster's observatory at Frazier Park California
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California
(Bortle 4 at 5,500 feet elevation)

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Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), NGC6559, IC4685, B303 complex in Sagittarius, Michael Stecker