AP#79 : M8
Name: The "Lagoon" Nebula.
Constellation:Sagittarius
Instrument:8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and ASI 2600 MC (gain 100 -20C).
Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute and 9 three-minute exposures.
Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html
Magnitude: 4.6
Angular size: 90' X 40'
Next to the Orion Nebula, the lagoon nebula is probably the next most photographed messier object that is an emission nebula. It is a large object that is easily found in the heart of the milky way. This size and contrast with the background milky way starfield makes for spectacular images.
