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Lagoon Nebula - Messier 8

#NebulasOfinstagram #LagoonNebula or #NGC6523 or #HourglassNebula or #Messier8 #OrionNebulas #Nebula regram @fluxa M8 - Lagoon Nebula in Ha The Lagoon Nebula is a huge gas cloud in which large amounts of stars are formed. The gas of the Lagoon Nebula is brought to light by very massive stars that are still hidden in the mist, creating a spectacular show. The reddish colour of the Lagoon Nebula is caused by hydrogen gas and the spray becoming ionized by the strong light of the massive stars that are located in the mist. This hydrogen has lost its excess energy which makes it radiate and consequently makes the nebula visible. The massive M8 also includes a funnel-like structure caused by a hot O-type star that emanates ultraviolet light, heating and ionizing gases on the surface of the nebula. Inside you’ll also see young open star cluster NGC 6530. According to some theories, it may be situated just slightly in front of the nebula from our perspective, but interstellar reddening shows the nebula is also involved with the cluster. M8 is also famous for its Bok globules – dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material. Specs - OTA: Orion 8” f/3.9 Newtonian Reflector - Upgraded with Moonlite 2” CR focuser - Mount: Celestron AVX - Polar Alignment: QHY PoleMaster - Imaging Camera: Atik 383L+ - Guiding Telescope: Orion 80mm short tube refractor - Guiding Camera: Starshoot Autoguider - Filters: Baader HA 7nm, Baader MPCC Mark III Coma Corrector - Frames: 30 x Ha 60s - Software: SGP, PHD2, Pixinsight, Lightroom - Location: Puerto Varas, Chile - Date: 22/05/2018 . HD-165016 HD-164907 HD-164834 HD-164453 HD-164415 HD-164386 HD-164515 HD-164517 HD-164585 HD-164584 HD-164536 HD-164535 HD-164602 HD-164705 HD-164793 HD-164740 HD-164794 HD-164816 HD-164865 HD-164933 HD-164986 NGC-6530 NGC-6533 NGC-6526 Lagoon Nebula(M-8) NGC-6523 Hourglass Nebula IC-1271 HD-164947 HD-164948 HD- HD-165246 HD-165247 HD-165133 HD-165052 . #LagoonNebulaSeri or #NGC6523seria or #HourglassNebulaSeria or #Messier8seria #M8seria #OrionNebulasSeria . #O1June2018seria #01JuneSeria #2018JuneSeria #2018FridaySeria #FridayJuneSeria #FridaySeria (Nebulas Institute)

The Trifid Nebula (top left) and the Lagoon Nebula (bottom right) together in a wide-field photo. At 4,000 light years distance, consider them nearby, on a galactic scale. I photographed the Trifid and the Lagoon nebulae over two warm evenings in late July 2022 at the Astrofarm Dark Sky Site, Confolens, France. This is an aggregate of 60 photos, each a 3 minute exposure. #trifidnebula #lagoonnebula #messier20 #messier8 #messierobjects #astrophotography #astrophotographie #astrophotographiefrance (at Astrofarm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgzQD_usgVQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Messier-8 is the Lagoon Nebula. At 4000 light years distance, it is very close on a galactic scale. I photographed Messier-8 from my balcony in Talence France over three nights in July 2021. #messierobjects #objetmessier #messier8 #lagoonnebula #astronomy #astronomie #astrophotography #astrophotographie (at Parc Peixotto Talence) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRhT6H9Ht05/?utm_medium=tumblr

Here’s a closer look at the lagoon and Trifid nebula seen in the previous image, in this image, you can see Lagoon Nebula (M8), Trifid Nebula (M20) and IC 4685 (located on the far left). This is a 1hour integration as I ran into some software issues during the capture session and terminated early. This was shot with a QHY294C with a 70mm APO scope on a CEM25P #messier8 #messier20 #ic4685 #astrophotography #astro_photography_ #nebula #nebulae #lagoonnebula #trifidnebula #qhy294c #cem25p ＃星雲 ＃天体写真 #天体景観 https://www.instagram.com/p/B0D3vySlOIl/?igshid=9qia2ep9hnz8

A revisit to another beautiful deep sky object, the Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8, this time shot with a QHY294C instead of a7ii. The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is visible to binoculars as a nice oval patch and lies some 4,000 to 6,000 light years from us, spanning some 110 by 50 light years across and contains a number of bok globules, which are isolated and relatively small dark nebulae containing dense cosmic dust and gas in which star formation can take place in. #lagoonnebula #messier8 #天体 ＃天体写真 #天体観測 ＃星雲 #astrophotography #deepskyphotography #deepskyobject #qhy294 (at Mersing) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxpnlu5F4Sx/?igshid=43axu8xe8xrx

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Taken from the 32 inch Schulman telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ.  This is an amazing view considering it is about 5200 light years away!  Believe it or not, in the 1800′s this nebula was visible to the naked eye.  Maybe not so clear as it is here, but it was visible.