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

    Open
    • Type of target
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      Emission Nebula
    • Camera
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      FLI PL16803
    • Target coordinates
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      RA 270.675 Dec -23.46666
    • Hemisphere
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      Southern
    • Telescope location
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      Australia
    • Transient event
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      No
    • Observed on
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      09 May 2021 - 22 May 2021
    Filter
    Avg Exp (s)
    Total Exposure
    Subframes
    SII6671h40m9
    Halpha5331h20m9
    OIII6001h20m8

    M8 Widefield