La Cañada Observatory, is an initiative by Juan Lacruz, the observatory started astrometric operations in the summer of 2002, it is registered as station J87 in the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union.

The Observatory also participates in the studies on minor bodies promoted by the Group on Meteorites, Minor Bodies, and Planetary Sciences of the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC).



Showing posts with label M8. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Nebulas in the Sagitarius region

M17, the Omega nebula, also called the Swan.

M8 The Lagoon (South) and M20 theTrifid.