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Messier 8 - Messier 20

Messier 8 - Messier 20

Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello

 

Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula (below)

RA: 271,039° Dec: -24,379°

M8 - The Lagoon Nebula (NGC 6523) is a giant H II region in the constellation Sagittarius at 4,000-6,000 light years. The nebula contains several Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), the most prominent of which have been catalogued as B88, B89 and B296.

Messier 20 - "The Trifid Nebula" (above)

J2000 RA: 18h 02m 23s Dec: −23° 01′ 48″

NGC 6514, also known as The Trifid Nebula, is an HII region in Sagittarius discovered by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764.

The object is a combination of an opened cluster of stars, emission nebula, reflection nebula and a dark nebula that divide into three lobes this object.

 

127ED f/9 + Canon EOS 4000D

Pollino National Park - Piano Visitone (1420m) SQM 21.7

 

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Uploaded on May 14, 2022
Taken in August 2021