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October 7, 2010

Lagoon and Trifid Nebulas

Okie-Tex Star Party 2010

The larger nebula at the bottom of the image is the Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, and as NGC 6523). It is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1747 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. (Wikipedia)

The smaller nebula at the top of the image is the Trifid Nebula (catalogued as Messier 20 or M20 and as NGC 6514). It is an H II region located in Sagittarius. 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 trifid appearance; these are also designated Barnard 85). (Wikipedia)

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Hap Griffin modified with Astrodon UV/NIR Block filter
TMB 80 Triplet with AT Field Flattener
University Optics 11x80 guidescope
Meade DSI guide camera
Celestron CGE mount
ISO 800 6 exposures @ 10 minutes each

Guided with PHD
Captured and Stacked in Nebulosity
Processed in Photoshop full exif


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