SAGITTARIUS FLOWERS by PR0XIM0
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Description
- M8 + M20 + NGC 6544 -
The Lagoon Nebula (also known as M8 and NGC 6523) is a giant interstellar cloud and H II region, in the constellation Sagittarius,just in the middle summers Milky Way.
At an estimated distance of 4,100 light-years, the Lagoon is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. In binoculars, the Lagoon is a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core, like a pale celestial flower. The nebula has a delicate star cluster superimposed on it, making this one of the leading celestial sights of summer night skies.
The Lagoon Nebula spans 90' by 40' on the sky which, at its calculated distance of 4,100 light years, translates to an actual dimension of 110 by 50 light years. The nebula contains a number of globules, dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material,.
The Trifid Nebula (also known as M 20 and NGC 6514) is an H II region also located in Sagittarius. The nebula's name means "divided into three lobes".
CANON EOS 350D + EF L 200mm f/2.8 closed to f/4
In parallel to a Meade SCT 8" ; F 2000 f/10 ; Manually guided
Comments (15)
Platin
Do you have a mini Hubble at home? Nice shot!
aangus
Amazing, thanks for the mind blowing info & brilliant image.
TomDart
The Meade scopes apparently do a fine job..but you took the photo. Fine shot and quite interestng info. So, the shot was taken with the Canon riding the equatorial movement of the Meade? Is that correct?
PR0XIM0
@:TomDart Yes ,you're right,the Canon camera is mounted in parallel over the telescope tube,riding the equatorial movement of the telescope. The telescope is used only as guiding instrument. Thanks for interest
Svarg
Wow! Exquisite work! As Platin says, this is comparable to the big scopes.
jared99
Beautiful work!!
oscilis
Incredible and interesting image.
alhak
awesome shot! spectacular!
bebert
superb shot !!!
foxxmulder70
This is really a great capture! The points of starlight are perfectly clear, right to the edge of the field! And the color, WOW! You have done a fine job here indeed! 5 STARS!!!!! Or is that one billion!
PR0XIM0
@:foxxmulder70 Hey fox,thank you so much! Yeah I got this picture under a clear and dark sky,the canon L lens worked pretty good,I got three shot : 3'+5'+6' to 100 ISO and I composite them in this single shot. Imagine isn't perfect because guiding has been a little harder because the wind Thanks
TwoPynts
Fox is right, the quality here is undeniable. I find the lagoon nebula to be one of the most interesting things up there in the night sky, you image of it here it just amazing.
PR0XIM0
@:TwoPynts Hi Kort ! You're right. the Lagoon nebula is one of the most interesting object of the night sky,the entire Sagittarius-Scorpius region is full of wonders,It is just in the galactic centre direction,and there we can find many nebulae,open cluste, globular cluster and amazing starfields. Thanks
Andromeda31
Beautiful!!! :D
Georges_H_Hoens
I deeply love atrophotography but I'm not scientist enough to do it... Whatever I love to see when other do it (compensation...lol!) I Did'nt see that you do that. Thanks for sharing, you make my day.