Photo Display Photo ID 3 Click On Image to Open Full Size in a New Tab Title The Lagoon Nebula Caption M8, the Lagoon Nebula taken using an iTelescope.net system. Object Name Lagoon Nebula Messier Desig M 8 NGC Desig NGC 6523 Other Desigs Lagoon Nebula Right Ascension 18Hr 3' 48.00" Declination -24° 23' .00" Magnitude 6.00 Scope Used Takahashi TOA-150 Camera Used SBIG STF-8300C Photo Notes Single-shot color, one 300 second frame bin 1x1. iTelescope.net T3 at Mayhill, NM. Object Type Starforming Nebula (with open cluster) Distance (ly) 4.10 Constellation Sagittarius Return to List