The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region. It is faintly visible to the unaided eye from mid-northern latitudes from a reasonably dark sky location. IC 4685, 1274 and 1275 Nebulae are about 1.25 deg northeast (left in image) of M8

OSC image taken 20 June 2022 from Newbury Park, California

Stacked set of 28 x 300 sec. exposures

2 hrs 20 min total exposure time