Milky Way - Sagittarius Nebulae
The Milky Way through northern Sagittarius contains a number of bright emission nebulae (nort is to the right). Visible here (from left to right) are the Lagoon nebula (M8), Trifid nebula (M20), Omega nebula (M17), and Eagle nebula (M16).
Technical Details
- Object: Sagittarius Nebulae
- Object Type: Bright Nebulae
- Other Names: Lagoon (M8), Trifid (M20), Eagle (M16), Omega (M17)
- Date/Time: 2010 May 09 at 08:33 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Telescope: Nikkor 180mm F/2.8 Lens
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1200GTO
- Camera: Nikon D300
- Exposure: 4 x 180s, f/2.8, ISO 800
- File Name: SagX1-01w.jpg
- Processing: Stack of 4 Images, Curves, Noise Reduction, Unsharp Mask (Photoshop CS5)
- Original Image Size: 2848 x 4288 pixels (12.2 MP); 9.5" x 14.3" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2010 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.
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