Photo Display Photo ID 255 Click On Image to Open Full Size in a New Tab Title M8 and M20 - Reprocessed Caption I took a look at a previous image of M8 and M20 and did a little work on it... cleaned it up some. I need to do more, but it's nto bad. Object Name Lagoon and Triffid Nebulae Messier Desig M 8 NGC Desig NGC 6523 Other Desigs M20, NGC 6514, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, Gum 72 Right Ascension 18Hr 3' 37.00" Declination -24° 23' 12.00" Magnitude 6.00 Scope Used Orion ST-80 Camera Used SBIG STF-8300C Photo Notes About 3 hours of light, reprocessed Object Type Starforming Nebula (with open cluster) Distance (ly) 4,100 ly Constellation Sagittarius Return to List