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M8, Lagoon Nebula

The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as a H II region.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: GSO Newtonian 10″ f/5

Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY8 Pro

Mounts: EQ6

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Stellarvue F80M

Guiding cameras: Meade DSI II Pro

Focal reducers: TeleVue Universal Paracorr

Software: Nebulosity

Resolution: 2895×1972

Dates: Sept. 30, 2011

Frames: 52×120″ bin 1×1

Integration: 1.7 hours

Avg. Moon age: 2.94 days

Avg. Moon phase: 9.48%

RA center: 270.907 degrees

DEC center: -24.377 degrees

Pixel scale: 1.119 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -178.589 degrees

Field radius: 0.544 degrees

Locations: Brisbane, None

Author: peter_4059

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The Lagoon Nebula, M8, NGC 6523

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as a H II region.

The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. A fragile star cluster appears superimposed on it.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Orion AstroView 6 EQ
Imaging cameras: Canon EOS T3i
Mounts: Orion EQ 3-2
Software: Luc Coiffier’s DeekSkyStacker (DSS), Photoshop CS6
Accessories: Orion EQ-3M Single Axis Drive
Resolution: 2685×3318
Dates: May 3, 2014
Frames: 141×30″
Integration: 1.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 3.65 days
Avg. Moon phase: 14.35%
RA center: 271.087 degrees
DEC center: -24.319 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.181 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 84.738 degrees
Field radius: 0.700 degrees
Locations: Observatório Caseiro Ibituruna, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Author: Victor Brasil Sabbagh

M8, M20, M21, NGC 6559

All four objects on this awesome image are located in Sagittarius:

– The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud. It is classified as an emission nebula and as a H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. A fragile star cluster appears superimposed on it.

– The Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514) is an H II region. It was discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. Its name means ‘divided into three lobes’. The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent ‘gaps’ within the emission nebula that cause the trifurcated appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85). Viewed through a small telescope, the Trifid Nebula is a bright and peculiar object, and is thus a perennial favorite of amateur astronomers.

– Messier 21 or M21 (also designated NGC 6531) is an open cluster of stars. It was discovered and catalogued by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. M21 is a relatively young cluster of a mere 4.6 million years of age. It is tightly packed but contains about 57 stars. A few blue giant stars have been identified in the cluster, but Messier 21 is composed mainly of small dim stars. With a magnitude of 6.5, M21 is not visible to the naked eye; however, with the smallest binoculars it can be easily spotted on a dark night.

– NGC 6559 is a star forming region located at a distance of about 5000 light-years from Earth, showing both emission (red) and reflection (bluish) regions.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Pentax 75 SDHF

Mounts: Losmandy G11 Gemini 3

Software: Pleiades Astrophoto, S.L. PixInsinght 1.8 RC7

Filters: Baader Planetarium SII 8nm, Baader Planetarium Ha 7nm , Baader Planetarium OIII 8.5nm 2″

Resolution: 3987×2650

Dates: June 21, 2014, July 22, 2014, July 23, 2014

Frames:
Baader Planetarium Ha 7nm : 18×900″ bin 1×1
Baader Planetarium OIII 8.5nm 2″: 13×900″ bin 2×2
Baader Planetarium SII 8nm: 9×900″ bin 2×2

Integration: 10.0 hours

Avg. Moon age: 24.78 days

Avg. Moon phase: 24.09%

Locations: La Secuita, La Secuita, Spain

Author: Daniel_Trueba

M8, Lagoon Nebula

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Officina Stellare Veloce RH200
Imaging cameras: QSI 683WSG
Mounts: Skywatcher N-EQ6 pro
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Officina Stellare Veloce RH200
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar
Software: PixInsight, Maxim DL
Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm Tru-Balance, Astrodon OIII
Accessories: Finger Lake Instruments Atlas Focuser
Dates: Aug. 26, 2014, Aug. 29, 2014
Locations: Home
Frames:
Astronomik Ha: 4×600″ bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII: 1×600″ bin 1×1
Integration: 0.8 hours

Author: Davide Manca
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 02 Sep 2014

In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula

Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA – Processing & Licence: Judy Schmidt

The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible near the image center, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a light-year long, have been formed by extreme stellar winds and intense energetic starlight. The tremendously bright nearby star, Hershel 36, lights the area. Walls of dust hide and redden other hot young stars. As energy from these stars pours into the cool dust and gas, large temperature differences in adjoining regions can be created generating shearing winds which may cause the funnels. This picture, spanning about 5 light years, combines images taken by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. The Lagoon Nebula, also known as M8, lies about 5,000 light years distant toward the constellation of Sagittarius.

APOD NASA 20-Aug-2014

M8 and M20

The Lagoon (down) and Trifid (up) nebulae are two very famous nebulae in Sagittarius, and both nebulae can be glimpsed with the naked eye (from a dark site), and they are easy to see with binoculars.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80/400 ESPRIT Triplet-APO
Imaging cameras: Atik 383L+
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ8
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Skywatcher 80/400 ESPRIT Triplet-APO
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Loadstar
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer 0,75x
Software: Fitswork 4.44, Adobe Photoshop CS3 CS3
Filters: Baader Planetarium Ha 7nm 2″
Accessories: Starlight Xpress 5×2″ Filter Wheel
Dates: July 23, 2014
Frames: 11×720″
Integration: 2.2 hours

Author: Alexander Sielski
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 2 Aug 2014

Lagoon Nebula

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as a H II region.
The Lagoon Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light years from the Earth. In the sky of Earth, it spans 90′ by 40′, translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. Like many nebulas, it appears pink in time-exposure color photos but is gray to the eye peering through binoculars or a telescope, human vision having poor color sensitivity at low light levels. The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material).

Imaging telescopes or lenses: GSO Newton 12″ f/4
Imaging cameras: ATIK 11000m
Mounts: Skywatcher EQ8
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion 50 mm mini guider
Guiding cameras: Orion Star Shoot Planetary Imager & Autoguider
Focal reducers: ASA Wynne 3″ Corrector 0.95x
Software: photoshop, CCDStack, Maxim DL
Filters: Orion 2” LRGB filter set, Baader Ha 2″
Dates: April 4, 2014
Frames: 19×300″
Integration: 1.6 hours

Author: Paul Storey
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 20 July 2014

Lagoon Nebula

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Konus Super 120/1000
Imaging cameras: Praktica MTL-5
Mounts: Konus EQ3.2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Konus Vista 80/400
Software: Corel Paint Shop Pro x2, aurigaimaging Registar 1.0
Dates: July 31, 2008
Locations: Albaneta – Pollino
Frames: 6×1200″
Integration: 2.0 hours

Author: Giuseppe Donatiello
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 06 July 2014

M8 and M20 – Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae

If you are in dark skies and can see the Milky Way streaming up from the horizon, you may notice a black area with two little fuzz balls in it that look like puffs of steam. If you are in suburbs or cities, you may notice just a fuzzy star above the spout. The fuzzy star or fuzz balls are the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae, or Messier Objects 8 and 20. You are seeing two star-forming regions toward the heart of our galaxy.

The Trifid is a little dimmer than the Lagoon. Trifid got its name because in photographs it has three distinct lobes. The Lagoon got its moniker because it looks like a round pool just outside the ocean of the Milky Way.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Orion ED80T-CF
Imaging cameras: Nikon D7100
Mounts: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 GT
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion 50mm mini guidescope
Guiding cameras: Orion Star Shoot autoguider (SSAG)
Focal reducers: TeleVue 0.8x Photo Reducer/Flattener TRF-2008
Software: Adobe Lightroom 5, StarTools64, PHD Guiding, Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker
Dates: Sept. 26, 2013
Frames: 6×300″
Integration: 0.5 hours

Author: Vincent_Bellandi
AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI 25 May 2014

Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius

The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as M8, and as NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as a H II region.

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron C8 SCT
Imaging cameras: QHYCCD QHY8L
Mounts: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro Goto
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Orion ShortTube 80
Guiding cameras: QHYCCD QHY5L-II Mono
Focal reducers: Celestron f/6.3 Focal Reducer/Corrector
Software: DeepSkyStacker, Startools 1.3, Cyanogen Maxim DL, PHD guiding, photoshop, Leandro Fornaziero Pardal Astronomy controls
Dates: April 29, 2014
Frames: 30×300″
Integration: 2.5 hours

Author: Leandro Fornaziero

AstroPhotography of the day by SPONLI
01 May 2014

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