Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod
18x300sec at iso 1600
30 Darks/Flats/Bias
APM/TMB 130/780
Astronomik CLS Filter

The Lagoon Nebula is a distance of 4,100 light years from earth, and measures 110 by 50 light years. The nebula contains a number of globules, dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material, the most prominent of which are Barnard 88, 89, and 296
It also contains the so-called "Hourglass Nebula", the bright part at it's center.

In M8 itself, find open cluster NGC 6530

June 1, 2008