Taken on the night of 1st June 2016.

The Lagoon nebula or Messier 8.


From Wikipedia:


The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and as an H II region.
The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654^[4] and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the naked eye from mid-northern latitudes. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct oval cloudlike patch with a definite core. In the foreground is the open cluster NGC 6530
36 X Light frames at 30 seconds each.
40 X Dark frames.
40 X Flat frames.
40 X Bias frames.
ISO 800.
Skywatcher 102 ALT/AZ synscan goto.
Canon 1200D.

Stacked in DSS and processed in Star tools and Photoshop CS2.