M8
The "Lagoon Nebula" in Saggitarius.A 24 min exposure at f 6.3 with the 8" scope The photo was taken on Kodak Gold 400. The Lagoon Nebula is an actual "star factory" in progress such as the Great Nebula in Orion M42. The equipment used is a Celestron Powerstar 8" scope with a
focal reducer to F6.3 and an old Fujica ST605N 35 mm camera manually guided using a Celestron off axis guider .
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