The space of night is infinite,
The blackness and emptiness
Crossed only by thin bright fences
Of logic
M8
Lagoon Nebula
Submitted by ebfaulkner6a on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 5:49pm.
Sagittarius has many open clusters and a few nebula of which this is one, the Lagoon Nebula. Sunday night was a 10 out of 10 for seeing, especially for imaging. This image is only 23 minutes long. I have a 66 mm scope mounted on top of the Orion 80ed and was viewing the Lagoon Nebula while taking images. I could not believe my eyes as to the clarity and beauty this nebula shows in a dark sight. The dark areas could not be illuminated by the stars and appear darker than the background. Approximately 5,000 light years away and 50 light y
