Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula in Hydrogen Alpha light
Description: Messier 8 - The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius. Located above is emission nebula Messier 20, aka the Trifid nebula. To the upper left of that is open cluster Messier 21. In the lower left corner is globular cluster NGC6544. Camera: SBIG ST-10XME at -20C Filter: AstroDon 6nm hydrogen-alpha Scope: Takahashi FS60c with Sky 90 compressor Mount: Astro-Physics AP900QMD Exposure: 13 x 5 min Location: near Cayley, Alberta. Date: September 3, 2011

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