Observation by Paul Whitmarsh: My Take on Sky & Tel March 1984 - M8...

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Paul Whitmarsh

Observer

Paul Whitmarsh

Observed

2025 Jun 18 - 23:43

Uploaded

2025 Nov 23 - 23:35

Objects

The Lagoon Nebula (M8)

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Constellation

Sagittarius

Field centre

RA: 18^h04^m
Dec: -24°22'
Position angle: -0°10'

Field size

1°18' × 1°18'

Equipment

Seestar S50

Exposure

7h 31

Location

Mileaway Observatory Uckfield

Target name

M8 lagoon

Title

My Take on Sky & Tel March 1984 - M8 Lagoon

About this image

My first issue of Sky and Telescope was from March 1984, On the cover was a beautiful image taken by that master astrophotographer David Malin. I decided to take a set of images with the SeeStar S50 covering the objects in Sagittarius that wowed me in that magazine.

M20, Barnard 86, M8, NGC 6559 and IC 1283

Files associated with this observation

M8_1354x20sec_7h31m20s_T23C_2025_06_18_FinalT2.jpg (1.5 MB)

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