Wallpaper author:
Gábor Kecskés
29 Feb 2024
M8 - Lagoon Nebula - HSO
Messier 8: The Lagoon Nebula. This huge deep sky object is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. This picture is created from 1h 5min long one-click observation data. Ha: 6x300s, OIII: 3x300s, SII: 4x300s.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M8
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 270.9042 Dec -24.3833
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................02 Apr 2023 - 26 Aug 2024
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 1374 | 7h15m | 19 |
| Red | 10 | 3m | 18 |
| Green | 10 | 3m | 18 |
| Blue | 10 | 3m | 18 |
| Luminance | 10 | 3m | 18 |