Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Hourglass nebula  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  The star 7Sgr  ·  The star 9Sgr
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M8: lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

            Michael Caligiuri
M8: lagoon Nebula
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M8: lagoon Nebula

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M8: lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

            Michael Caligiuri
M8: lagoon Nebula
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M8: lagoon Nebula

Equipment

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 19, 2017
Frames:
Integration:
0″
Avg. Moon age:
27.03 days
Avg. Moon phase:
6.91%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3156091

RA center: 18h04m02s.9

DEC center: -24°1818

Pixel scale: 2.653 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.739 degrees

Field radius: 0.958 degrees

Resolution: 2163x1446

File size: 1.5 MB

Locations: Palomar Mountain, San Diego, CA, United States

Data source: Traveller

Description

Ha, LRGB image captured in 2017; 3.75 hrs of Ha; 30 min each LRGB

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M8: lagoon Nebula, 



    
        

            Michael Caligiuri