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English: An amazing vista of the Lagoon Nebula taken with the 67-million-pixel Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The image covers more than one and a half square degree— an area eight times larger than that of the Full Moon — with a total of about 370 million pixels. It is based on images acquired using three different broadband filters (B, V, R) and one narrow-band filter (H-alpha).
Français : La nébuleuse du lagon. Image acquise par le Wide Field Imager (Imageur à champs large, 67·106 pixels) du télescope de 2,2 m de l'observatoire de La Silla, au Chili. Cette image couvre 1,5 degrés carrés, soit huit fois la pleine lune. Elle a été obtenue en assemblant des images acquises en utilisant trois filtres à larges bandes passantes (R, V, B) et un filtre étroit (H-α).
Italiano: Fotografia della Nebulosa Laguna (anche nota come M 8, o NGC 6523) è una nebulosa diffusa visibile nella costellazione del Sagittario. L'immagine è stata scattata con una risoluzione di 67 megapixels dal Wide Field Imager telescopio di 2.2 metri di diametro all'osservatorio di La Silla in Chile.
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