Wallpaper author:
    John Ebersole

    25 Jan 2026

    M8

    A widefield view of M8, the Lagoon Nebula, is shown here in an HST palette.

    Dataset from which the image was processed

    M8

    2 credit

    Open
    Telescope Live
    CHI-6-CCD
    • Type of target
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      Emission Nebula
    • Camera
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      FLI ML16200
    • Target coordinates
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      RA 271.35834 Dec -23.71972
    • Hemisphere
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      Southern
    • Telescope location
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      Chile
    • Transient event
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      No
    • Observed on
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      09 Apr 2021 - 09 Apr 2021
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    Subframes
    Halpha6001h6
    SII6001h6
    OIII6001h6

    M8