My latest rendition of M8, Lagoon nebula.
An emission nebula or star forming cloud located in the Sagittarius constellation, approximately 5200 light years from earth.
The glowing gas cloud is attributed to enormous amounts of U.V. radiation given off by the open star cluster NGC 6530, ionizing the gas particles in the cloud.
The image is compiled of 232 minutes if “one shot” RGB image data & 88 minutes of multi-narrowband data (H alpha, H beta & Oiii)
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