More M8 and M20 (original) (raw)
United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope image of the region of theLagoon Nebula M8, the Trifid Nebula M20, and open star cluster M21. This region of the sky is an illustrative field of the Milky Way, which includes numerous other clusters and nebulae. Photograph by David Malin.
More information on this image by David Malin
[ ![[M8-M20-M21 region, wider field]](http://messier.seds.org/Pics/More/m8-20-21uksw.jpg)
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Wider field image created from the same photographic plates as the above, taken with the 1.2-m UK Schmidt Telescope.