Messier 8

[Benklerk]

The Lagoon Nebula is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and a H II region. The Nebula is estimated to be between 4,000-6,000 light-years from the Earth, the age is about 2 million years old and its size is around 110 by 50 light years. The nebula contains a number of Bok globules (dark, collapsing clouds of protostellar material), also the nebula is currently undergoing a period of active star formation and has already formed a sizable cluster of stars. NGC 6530, the extremely young open cluster formed from the material of M8, has a visual magnitude of 4.6 and covers an area of 14 arc minutes in the sky.

I have uploaded 2 versions. One shows more contrast while the other shows more of a natural colour.

GSO RC 6
ZWO ASI 1600mm with filters
HEQ5 Pro Belt Mod
LUM    49 x 2m = 98min
RED    50 x 3m = 150min
GREEN  43 x 3m = 129min
BLUE   52 x 3m = 156min
HA     44 x 10m = 440min
OIII   21 x 10m = 210min
Total time = 19.7 hrs

[Stu]

Beautiful images, think I prefer the second, but both pretty amazing.

[Sunshine]

Beautiful shot!

[AstroKane]

Great image - The ZWO ASI1600mm looks to be a fantastic imaging camera.