Guillermo_Scheidereiter
In Sagittarius...
In this photograph you can see an amazing region of the sky, in the constellation of Sagittarius. Towards the center of the photograph, two nebulae that can be seen with the naked eye from my rural sky: the Lagoon Nebula or Messier 8 (the largest) and the Trifid Nebula or Messier 20 (to the right of the previous one). To the naked eye or from a small refracting telescope, these nebulae stand out as whitish clouds in a region where the Milky Way is bursting with stars. Areas of light and darkness make up incredible structures that surprise and contrast wonderfully with star clusters and amazing colors.
Almost next to the Trifid Nebula you will see a beautiful open star cluster; This is Messier 21. At the bottom right of the image, another open cluster shows a concentration of bright stars. It is Messier 23, which has a magnitude 6 star that stands out from the others.
At the top right, you can see a dark region forming what appears to be the corner of a rectangle lost in a myriad of stars (almost at the apex is the galactic nebula IC 1284). Next to that region, below, Messier 24, the small star cloud of Sagittarius.
But there are more interesting clusters and stars here... It's a good challenge to find them!
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Nikon D5600.
Nikon 75-150 lens (in 100 mm).
29 minutes of integration.
Iso 1000.
f/3.5.
Processed with Siril and Gimp.
Night of October 14, 2023.
Zona rural, Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
In Sagittarius...
In this photograph you can see an amazing region of the sky, in the constellation of Sagittarius. Towards the center of the photograph, two nebulae that can be seen with the naked eye from my rural sky: the Lagoon Nebula or Messier 8 (the largest) and the Trifid Nebula or Messier 20 (to the right of the previous one). To the naked eye or from a small refracting telescope, these nebulae stand out as whitish clouds in a region where the Milky Way is bursting with stars. Areas of light and darkness make up incredible structures that surprise and contrast wonderfully with star clusters and amazing colors.
Almost next to the Trifid Nebula you will see a beautiful open star cluster; This is Messier 21. At the bottom right of the image, another open cluster shows a concentration of bright stars. It is Messier 23, which has a magnitude 6 star that stands out from the others.
At the top right, you can see a dark region forming what appears to be the corner of a rectangle lost in a myriad of stars (almost at the apex is the galactic nebula IC 1284). Next to that region, below, Messier 24, the small star cloud of Sagittarius.
But there are more interesting clusters and stars here... It's a good challenge to find them!
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Nikon D5600.
Nikon 75-150 lens (in 100 mm).
29 minutes of integration.
Iso 1000.
f/3.5.
Processed with Siril and Gimp.
Night of October 14, 2023.
Zona rural, Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina.