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Photographer:

Mahdi Naseri

Location of Photo:

Niaraj-Qazvin-Iran

Date/Time of photo:

September 2012

Equipment:

GSO Newtonian 8" Telescope - Canon EOS 50D modified - EQ5 SinScan Mount - Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter - GSO Coma Corector

Description:

Lagoon is an emission nebula in the Sagittarius constellation. It is one of the most favorable objects to observe, owing to its high luminosity and large apparent size. There is also an open cluster inside the nebula, namely NGC 6530.

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