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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.

Imaged with 8″ Meade ACF, 5.5 hour exposure using ZWO ASI071 MC Pro camera on Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro mount, Meade 50mm guide scope and SBIG ST-i guider using PHD2. Acquired with N.I.N.A and processed in Pixinsight EZ and Starnet ++ to show without stars. Sierra Vista, AZ on 6/13/2021

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