Wallpaper author:
John Ebersole
05 Jul 2026
M8 Widefield
A collection of nebulae newa
A collection of nebulae near M8, the Lagoon Nebula, including M20, the Trifid Nebula, Sh2-29, and at image left Sh2-34, the Forgotten Nebula, all in an HST palette.. Another dataset without a featured image.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M8
3 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 270.675 Dec -23.46666
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................09 May 2021 - 22 May 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 667 | 1h40m | 9 |
| Halpha | 533 | 1h20m | 9 |
| OIII | 600 | 1h20m | 8 |