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The Lagoon Nebula a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and has an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna in 1654 and is one of only two star-forming nebulae faintly visible to the eye in clear skies. Seen with binoculars, it appears as a distinct cloud-like patch with a definite core. Within the nebula is the open cluster NGC 6530.

6h 28m in 4min subs collected over 2 nights - OSC QHY268c SVbony 2" DBF, Orion Eon110ED, (Bortle 6/7) NINA capture PHD2 guiding -17 and-20/4/25 - 50 % moon- Stacked processed SIRIL and PS