An
image of The Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius (also
known as Messier 8) and the young open cluster
NGC 6530 to the lower left of the brightest
region of the nebula.
More information about the Lagoon
Nebula can be found here.
A wide-field
image of the same area at a different angle.
Another image of
M8 captured on a CCD camera through an 80mm
refractor.
The
image displayed in Google Maps can be found here.
