16 Jun
2008
16 Jun
'08
7:08 p.m.
Joe, Nice round stars. My guess is that you in the center of the Lagoon open cluster. It is the bright open cluster of stars emerging from the nebula that is seen in Don's image. http://gallery.utahastronomy.com/main.php?g2_itemId=11551 The Lagoon open cluser is more enhanced in the following APOD. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960127.html The center of the cluster is at about J180501.8-242029. - Kurt