Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  11 Sgr  ·  IC 1274  ·  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 6553  ·  NGC 6559  ·  The star 1 Sgr  ·  The star 4 Sgr  ·  The star 5 Sgr  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr  ·  Trifid Nebula
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Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae Wide Field, Brian Fulda
Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae Wide Field
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Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae Wide Field

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Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae Wide Field, Brian Fulda
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Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae Wide Field

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This is a wide field view of the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae located in the Milky Way core. I wanted to capture these two well-known nebulae in true color plus the edge of the dark nebulae in the Milky Way core to give some perspective. I used a short focal length 275mm scope with an APS-C sized sensor to capture this image. I knew that if I wanted to capture this in true color I needed to go to dark skies, so I drove out to the Alabama Hills in California to gather the data. I made this video about my trip, which turned out to be one of my favorite astrophotography adventures.

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Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae Wide Field, Brian Fulda