The photo for this week is of Three Nebulae in Narrow Band taken on November 2, 2007. Spanned across the Milky Way are three nebula's which are approximately 5,000 light years away from Sagittarius. The two nebula's M8 and M20 which are the two at the top of this band and the third located at the bottom is the NGC 6559. M8 is also known as the Lagoon Nebula. The filters collected sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms .
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