Sagittarius has many open clusters and a few nebula of which this is one, the Lagoon Nebula. Sunday night was a 10 out of 10 for seeing, especially for imaging. This image is only 23 minutes long. I have a 66 mm scope mounted on top of the Orion 80ed and was viewing the Lagoon Nebula while taking images. I could not believe my eyes as to the clarity and beauty this nebula shows in a dark sight. The dark areas could not be illuminated by the stars and appear darker than the background. Approximately 5,000 light years away and 50 light y
![Lagoon Nebula Lagoon Nebula](https://njastro.org/agx/agfiles/images/2_Lagoon-Nebula_-NGC6523ha.thumbnail.jpg)