Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Lagoon Nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7 Sgr  ·  The star 9 Sgr
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M 8 The Thinker, Ian Parr
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M 8 The Thinker

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M 8 The Thinker, Ian Parr
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M 8 The Thinker

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Supermoons scat! Good seeing but a blazing orb a few hands away ... 
Yep. Narrowband it is then.

Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. 
It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region.

Shorter 3m exposures on a bright object but heaps to dither  and drizzle

This time will be a bit different, such is the nature of the Garden of Forking Paths.

Ahh Pixinsight ... with same data you can go from Joseph Turner  to Andy Warhol,  and then a two year old with crayons.

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M 8 The Thinker, Ian Parr