M8 Lagoon Nebula NGC 6523

NGC 6523 or the Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius about 4,100 light-years away. Size: 1.74 x 1.16 deg, Pixel scale: 3.21 arcsec/pixel

Image Details
Camera STL-11000M
Scope AT12 IN
Mount Paramount ME
Guiding Selfguiding, 5 sec bin 2x2
Exposure LRGB 55:50:45:45 total 3:15
Location Donvale
Date 2012-07-18
Coordinates RA: 18h 04m 04s
DEC: -24° 22' 22"
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M8 Lagoon Nebula NGC 6523

Annotations generated from the plate solve · OpenNGC · Sharpless · RCW · LBN · HYG