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Photographer:

Jim Case

Location of Photo:

Southern California

Date/Time of photo:

July 12, 2021

Equipment:

Meade 80 mm APO telescope with ASI183MC pro camera and Optolong L-Extreme filter 23 5 minute exposure calibrated and stacked in Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop

Description:

The Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8, is a star forming emission nebula and H II region faintly visible to the eye in mid-Northern latitudes.