I recently posted a picture of M8, the Lagoon Nebula and I also posted some of the surrounding regions including M20. I came across this marvelous image of the Lagoon Nebula.
Ok this is a very narrow field of view image but the colours of this wonderful object really come to life. I came across this one today on APOD so thought it would be nice to post it since we have had lots of this object but not any so closely zoomed in.
This spectacular image of the Lagoon Nebula was created by using a very scientific method. Instead of just relying on filters (which cover a wavelength range that corresponds to a specific colour) the colours are assigned from light emitted in very specific colors by hydrogen, silicon, and oxygen.
[Larger Version] and for more info [APOD]
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The Lagoon Nebula again
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