The Lagoon Nebulae is one of the brightest nebulae in the night sky, and the brightest in this area of the night sky, making it popular amongst amateur astronomers and astrophotographers. It is a region undergoing star formation as large clouds of gas and dust coalesce under gravity to form newborn stars.

These are 2 images of the Lagoon Nebula, shot with different cameras and varying focal lengths, showing both the surrounding area (top image) alongside a more detailed, higher resolution view (bottom). 

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In these images of the Lagoon Nebula, the object is represented in a different light as opposed its usual true colour depictions. Instead of the usual RGB method of obtaining true colours of deep sky objects, the image featured here is an emission-line filtered image which represents the nebula's chemical composition. In this case, the nebula is photographed using a modified version of what is known as the Hubble palette, in which three filters to isolate Sulfur, Hydrogen and Oxygen emissions are used. The data from these three filters are then mapped to Red, Green and Blue respectively to create a false colour composite as depicted above.

This object was photographed from a city centre with severe light pollution, although the use of narrowband filters helped to drastically the extent of its effects. ​