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M8 - the Lagoon Nebula (narrowband)
A giant emission nebula in Sagittarius.   Distance 4100 light-years. 110 x 50 light-years in size.  Part of a larger star cloud.

M8 - the Lagoon Nebula (narrowband)

A giant emission nebula in Sagittarius. Distance 4100 light-years. 110 x 50 light-years in size. Part of a larger star cloud.




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Filename:M8-SHO-20250627-FLT132-ASI1600-v2.JPG
Album name:27telp / Nebulae
Location and Date:Sybaris Observatory, OCA site near Anza, California, 6/27/2025
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 refractor, ZWO ASI1600MM camera, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, Borg 50mm guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar guide camera, ZWO EAF focuster
Settings:20 5-minute exposures in each of Sulfur-II, Hydrogen-alpha and Oxygen-III filters, bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding - PHD2; processing - PixInsight 1.9.3, Adobe Lightroom
Filesize:1954 KiB
Date added:Jul 10, 2025
Dimensions:2513 x 1690 pixels
Displayed:236 times
Color Space:sRGB
EXIF Offset:372
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:A giant emission nebula in Sagittarius. Distance 4100 light-years. 110 x 50 light-years in size. Part of a larger star cloud.
Resolution Unit:Inch
Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.4 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:M8 - the Lagoon Nebula (narrowband)
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd © 2025
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