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Lagoon Nebula M8
The
Lagoon Nebula
(catalogued as
Messier 8
or
M8
,
NGC 6523
,
Sharpless 25
,
RCW 146
, and
Gum 72
) is a giant
interstellar cloud
in the
constellation
Sagittarius
.
I
Imaged in my Desert Astro observatory with a Planewave CDK17, Paramount MEII, ZWOASI2600 MC Pro Duo. Unguided for 2 hours on 8/24/24
.