Lagoon Nebula (KuriousGeorge)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: 9 Sgr · B296 · B88 · B89 · Lagoon Nebula · M 8 · NGC 6523 · NGC 6526 · NGC 6530 · The star 9Sgr

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Lagoon Nebula

My 2nd of 3 objects acquired during the July 2021 dark cycle.

This was not my first choice as it's only between 27° and 32° between 10:30 PM and 1:30 PM. But my wife loves seeing it through her giant binoculars. Curiously she wanted to see what it looks like in the 24". (-:

Given the relatively low altitude, most of the subs were greater than 3" FWHM. So I only kept the subs < 3" which resulted in much less data. But this bright object seemed to reproduce relatively well with what I kept.

This is LRGB with a starless OIII and Ha 50% screened overlay. Deconvolution was applied to L, Ha and OIII. Some minor selective color manipulation was needed to help restore the results to what I saw in the RGB reference. Otherwise, processing is very minimal with a very mild USM and selective star shrink to help preserve the main structure.

"The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years away from Earth. In the sky it spans 90' by 40', which translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material). It also includes a funnel-like or tornado-like structure caused by a hot O-type star that emanates ultraviolet light, heating and ionizing gases on the surface of the nebula. The Lagoon Nebula also contains at its center a structure known as the Hourglass Nebula (so named by John Herschel). In 2006 the first four Herbig–Haro objects were detected within the Hourglass, also including HH 870. This provides the first direct evidence of active star formation by accretion within it."

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RA (center)	18h04m07s.861
RA (top/left)	18h05m18s.472
RA (top/right)	18h02m59s.283
RA (bottom/right)	18h02m56s.935
RA (bottom/left)	18h05m16s.843

Dec (center)	-24°20′24″.50
Dec (top/left)	-24°04′42″.72
Dec (top/right)	-24°04′15″.80
Dec (bottom/right)	-24°36′03″.85
Dec (bottom/left)	-24°36′31″.71

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