Observation by Martin Griffiths: Sagittarius nebulae

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Martin Martin

Observer

Martin Griffiths

Observed

2014 Aug 04 - 20:00

Uploaded

2016 Dec 13 - 12:48

Objects

The Lagoon Nebula (M8)
The Trifid Nebula (M20)
M21
Widefield

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Constellation

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 18^h04^m
Dec: -23°41'
Position angle: -0°50'

Field size

1°42' × 2°34'

Equipment

Televue 102mm f6 Refractor and Canon 450D DSLR

Exposure

f6 ISO 800 40 Sec exposure

Location

Griffon Educational Observatory, Andalucia, Spain

Target name

Messier 8, 20 and 21.

Title

Sagittarius nebulae

About this image

Nice to get M8 and M20 in the same shot - M21 was a bonus. These nebulae are wonderful but always a little low from Britain so I took the opportunity of capturing them from Spain during a visit to the Griffon Educational Observatory (GEO) run by Andy Burns of Wiltshire AS. Great place to visit!

Files associated with this observation

M20 and M8.jpg (1.5 MB)

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