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Wide Field (M8, M20, NGC6559), Harold Soto
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Wide Field (M8, M20, NGC6559)

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Wide Field (M8, M20, NGC6559), Harold Soto
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Wide Field (M8, M20, NGC6559)

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I am already looking forward to the summer Milky Way because it contains lots of showpiece objects, like the two in this photo!  These are the Lagoon Nebula (M8) at the right and the Trifid Nebula (M20) to the upper left. The Lagoon Nebula is a great target for beginner astrophotographers using any type of camera. Just 2 hours of total exposure from a dark site is enough to make a beautiful image, and the processing is easy as well!

Fun Facts:

VISTA’s infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8)
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This new infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, often called the Lagoon Nebula, was captured by the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

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Wide Field (M8, M20, NGC6559), Harold Soto