Imaged by Jean-Yves Beninger from Singapore
on 3 June 2005
Takahashi Sky90 with
focal reducer and SBIG ST8
AP600EQMD mount
HalphaRGB
Bin 1x1 : 24 minutes each
in stacks of 3 minutes images
'Discovery of
M8 is often credited to Legentil in 1747, though it seems
that it was recorded by Flamsteed as a nebulosum preceding
the bow of Sagittarius as early as 1680'.