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Emission Nebula

Widefield of M8 (Lagoon) and M20 (Trifid)

Widefield of the M8 and M20 region in Sagitarius taken with the ED80 and canon 70D imaged on 20th July 2015

July 21, 2015 in Deep Space, Emission Nebula, M20, M8, Messier, Nebula.

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